Efficient Method for Formatting OSCOLA Bibliographies

Comprehensive guide on creating bibliographies in OSCOLA referencing style. Learn the key differences between footnotes and bibliographies, how to format author names, and the importance of including all references used in your work. Follow detailed steps to organize and sort your bibliography effectively.

• OSCOLA referencing
• Bibliographies
• Citation formatting
• Academic writing
• Citation guidelines

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1. REFERENCING USING OSCOLA Section 8 Bibliographies

2. You must always include a bibliography Every reference you include in your footnotes must also be in your bibliography There may be additional sources in your bibliography which do not appear in your footnotes (sources you have used in the preparation of your work but have not referred to directly) KEY POINTS

3. IS THE INFORMATION IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY EXACTLY THE SAME AS IN THE FOOTNOTES? No! Two key differences: You leave out page numbers pinpointing a quotation. The surname of the author comes first, and full first names are not used, only initials e.g. in your footnotes an author might be Joe Bloggs, but in the bibliography it will be Bloggs J, (followed by the rest of the information).

4. First, copy and paste all your footnotes into one list. Keep cases, legislation and secondary sources under separate headings A WORKED EXAMPLE

5. For the books and articles, swap the order of the author s first name (or initial) and surname around. Delete the page numbers at the end of the reference NEXT

6. Simon Lester and Brian Mercurio, World Trade Law (Hart 2008) 78 Catherine Barnard, Substantive Law of the European Union (3rd edn, OUP 2010) 13 FOR EXAMPLE

7. Lester S, and Mercurio B, World Trade Law (Hart 2008) Barnard C, Substantive Law of the European Union (3rd edn, OUP 2010) THIS WILL THEN BECOME -

8. Use the automatic sort function in Word. On the Home tab, click the Sort icon Use the default settings of Paragraphs, Text, Ascending Click OK SORTING THE LIST ALPHABETICALLY

12. Barnard C, Substantive Law of the European Union (3rd edn, OUP 2010) Lester S, and Mercurio B, World Trade Law (Hart 2008) SORTED!