The Oxford style is a way of making references to the fonts you use in a text including footnotes. To use it, you must cite your sources using footnotes that direct the reader to a list of citations located at the bottom of the page to obtain more details about the reference source. While the Oxford style might seem confusing, it can make a text much easier to read. Once you've gotten used to using this reference style, you can easily use it in the articles you write.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Build footers
Step 1. Include footers
Click on the "insert" tab of your word processor and choose the "Footer" option. Microsoft Word and Google Docs have this feature. The appointments will appear as follows:
- Magazine or printed article with author: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005: pp. 272-273.
- Magazine or print article without an author: 1 Cooking makes people happy. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005: pp. 250-254.
- Book with one author: 2 T. Rock. Cooking is fun, New York: Editorial Grandes Libros, 2008, p. 22.
- Book with multiple authors: 2 T. Rock, J. Cena, and R. Flair. This is Cooking, New York: Great Books Press, 2009, p. 55.
- Book without authors: 2 They continue cooking, New York: Editorial Grandes Libros, 2008, pp. 46-47.
- Chapter in a book: 3 T. Rock. Get a putty knife. In Cooking is fun, 46-58. New York: Editorial Grandes Libros, 2008.
- Internet Article: 4 T. Rock. I love to cook. Fun cooking. 08-24-08. http: www.funcookingmag.com/I-love-to-cook/2008 (Accessed on 2009-08-24).
Step 2. Include the numbers in superscript on that page
The size of the footer will depend on how many sources you cited on a specific page.
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For example, the superscript number is in bold:
Step 1. T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
- Put a space after the superscript number.
Step 3. Put the first initial of the author's first name and last name
In footers, the author's first name will appear first, not the last name. For example, the entry should start with “M. Twain”.
- If the name of the author is not included, start the entry with the title, placing the first word that is not an article, that is to say "one" or "the one".
- If you include more than two authors, include them all in the same way. If there are two authors, use the conjunction "and". If there are more than two, separate the names with commas and "and" before including the last author.
- For example, the author's name is in bold: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
Step 4. Write the title of the article
The title of an article or chapter will appear first in italics. Next, you must include the title of the magazine or book in italics. If there is only one book title, you will only include it in italics.
- For example, the title of the article is in italics: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
- For example, the magazine title is in bold: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking magazine, vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
Step 5. Include volume and edition number if available
If it is a magazine article, you should specify to the reader which one to consult when looking for your source material. Include them just after the article name separated by commas.
- For example, the volume and edition number are in bold: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking magazine, vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
Step 6. Include the city of publication and the publisher if it is a book
Look for the publisher on the title page of the book, include the city of publication and then the name of the company in charge. If more than one city is mentioned, choose the one closest to yours.
- For example, the city and publisher are in bold: 2 T. Rock. Cooking is fun New York: Great Books Publishing, 2008, p. 22.
Step 7. Include the year
For a magazine or article, include the year after the volume and the issue number. If you are citing a book, include the year after the publisher.
- For example, the year in a magazine article is in bold: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
Step 8. Finish with the page number
If the citation is only on one page, cite it at the end. Write "p." to cite a single page and "pp." to cite several.
- For example, the page number for a magazine article is in bold: 1 T. Rock. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
- For example, the page number for a book is in bold: 2 T. Rock. Cooking is fun, New York: Big Books Publishing, 2008, p. 22.
Part 2 of 2: Build the Reference Page
Step 1. Create a separate page at the end of the document
The references page will include all sources on one page. You can copy and paste your footer entries, but you will need to correct the names of the authors, as you will need to include them in a different way.
- Title the page as follows: "List of bibliographic references."
- On the bibliographic references page, include the author's last name first instead of his first name.
Step 2. Include all bibliographic references in alphabetical order by last name
Although in the text of the article you will include the sources in the order in which they are cited, in the list of bibliographic references they should be organized in alphabetical order. Begin each entry with the author's last name. Otherwise, the entries will appear exactly as they would be in the footers.
- If there is no author, use the first word in the title.
- Typically, a magazine entry will look like this: Rock, T. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
- Generally, a footnote for a book will look like this: Rock, T. Cooking is fun, New York: Great Books Publishing, 2008, p. 22.
- A book chapter will look like this: Rock, T. Get a spatula. In Cooking is fun, New York: Editorial Grandes Libros, 2008, pp. 46-58.
- An article from the Internet will look like this: Rock, T. I love to cook. Fun cooking. 08-24-08. http: www.funcookingmag.com/I-love-to-cook/2008 (Accessed on 2009-08-24).
- If there are two authors, include their last names in alphabetical order.
Step 3. Organize the references of the same author according to the date
If you included two references to T. Rock that were published in 2005 and 2006, please include them in that order, regardless of the title names.
Step 4. Include page ranges for articles and chapters
The bibliographic references page is where you will include precise page ranges for citations. If you cite an entire book, then it is not necessary to provide a page range. If you're using a section of a document, such as a magazine article or book chapter, you'll need to include that specific page range in your bibliographic reference entry.
- For example, the page range is in bold: Rock, T. This smells delicious. Cooking Magazine, Vol. 40, no. 6, 2005, pp. 272-273.
- Use a "p." when you cite a page, or "pp." To cite several.