Detail from the treatise known as Bracton, composed in the wake of Magna Carta, the most ambitious legal work from medieval England. (Image from the British Library)
Referencing
Referencing well will improve the quality of your academic work and help you avoid accidental plagiarism.
OSCOLA is the referencing style most commonly used in Law.
The Library provides referencing guidance and resources. You can also contact your subject librarian with any questions you have about referencing.
Below are some key sources of guidance for referencing using OSCOLA.
Provides guidance on how to cite and reference almost any type of source. Also includes an introduction to referencing for anyone who is unsure or needs a refresher of the principles.
Reference management systems are time-saving tools that allow you to:
More information about these can be found on our referencing pages. All reference managers will require some small adjustments in some of the generated citations for OSCOLA. The University of Oxford guide provides further information on how to use OSCOLA with EndNote and Zotero including instructions for using the style file.
Zotero is the reference manager that works most efficiently with OSCOLA and Law Resources. It is freely available. These tutorials on using Zotero with OSCOLA are a good starting point.
The Study Skills service offers support and learning materials to enhance your study and academic skills. These are co-created by students, lecturers and study skills experts.
Law requires techniques of reading, writing, and speaking that are specific to the discipline. The library holds many resources to help you improve your academic skills at all levels of study and research. Below are some examples useful for Law:
Find out about the principles behind referencing and how to acknowledge the information sources that you use.
This tutorial is made-up of 11 short, self-contained topics, which you can explore and revisit at any time.
Content includes:
