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OSCOLA referencing guide (Online)

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Newspaper articles

To cite a newspaper article, use the following format:

Format: Author, │’title’ │name of the newspaper │(city of publication, date of publication) │page on which the article has been published (if known). 

To cite an editorial use Editorial in the place of the author's name: 

Format: Editorial, │’title’ │name of the newspaper │(city of publication, date of publication) │page on which the article has been published (if known). 

Footnote

Examples of a print article, an article which has been divided into sections, and an online article:

Jane Croft, 'Supreme Court Wars on Quality' Financial Times (London, 1 July 2010).

Gerald Ruddick, 'Tesco Suffers Sales Slump in All Global Businesses: UK Rivals Gain Ground but Boss Clarke Confident Turnaround Plan is Working' Daily Telegraph (London, 3 Oct 2013) Business News 1.

Sarah Knapton, 'Bad Owners to Blame for Aggressive Animals not their Breed' The Daily Telegraph (London, 3 Dec 2013) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/10491808/Bad-dog-owners-to-blame-for-aggressive-animals-not-their-breed.html> accessed 16 Jan 2014.

Bibliography

The only differences are that the author is now listed surname first followed by their initials, page numbers are not included and there is no full stop at the end of the reference.

Examples of a print article, an article which has been divided into sections, and an online article:

Croft J, 'Supreme Court Wars on Quality' Financial Times (London, 1 July 2010)

Ruddick G, 'Tesco Suffers Sales Slump in All Global Businesses: UK Rivals Gain Ground but Boss Clarke Confident Turnaround Plan is Working' Daily Telegraph (London, 3 Oct 2013) Business News 

Knapton S, 'Bad Owners to Blame for Aggressive Animals not their Breed' The Daily Telegraph (London, 3 Dec 2013) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/10491808/Bad-dog-owners-to-blame-for-aggressive-animals-not-their-breed.html> accessed 16 Jan 2014