LibGuides: OSCOLA referencing: Journals and newspapers

Journal article

Give the publication year in round brackets where there is a separate volume number; this applies to the majority of journals. Only include an issue number if pages begin at page 1 for each issue within a volume, if so put the issue number in brackets immediately after the volume number. If citing the whole article, give only the first page number.

Examples
¹⁸ D Whitehead, ‘Messages on parenthood: the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill’ (2008) 42 Law Teach 242.

Examples in bibliography
Whitehead D, ‘Messages on parenthood: the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill’ (2008) 42 Law Teach 242

Use a standard abbreviation for the journal title, these can be found in the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations.

If the journal title is published only online with no print equivalent or if the version of the journal article you have read is online and lacks page numbers or other elements cite as in the following example.

author, | ‘title’ | year | volume| journal name or abbreviation | <web address> | date accessed.

Example
⁷ H Power and B Dowrick, ‘Issues in Corporate Crime: An Introduction’ [1998] 2 Web J Current Legal Issues <http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/power2.html> accessed 6 January 2012.

Examples in bibliography
Power H and Dowrick B , ‘Issues in Corporate Crime: An Introduction’ [1998] 2 Web J Current Legal Issues <http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/power2.html> accessed 6 January 2012

Where these have titles treat them as journal articles, where there is no title, use the name of the case in italics instead and add ‘note’ at the end of the citation. If no author is given begin the citation with the title of the case comment if one is given or the name of the case.

Example
⁹ 'Andrew Ashworth, ‘R (singh) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police’ [2006] Crim LR 441 (note).
¹⁰ ‘Interim relief denied to musicians dropped from play: Ashworth and ors v Royal National Theatre’ [2014] 1000 IDS Brief HR July (note).

Example in bibliography
Ashworth A, ‘R (singh) v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police’ [2006] Crim LR 441 (note).
‘Interim relief denied to musicians dropped from play: Ashworth and ors v Royal National Theatre’ [2014] 1000 IDS Brief HR July (note).

Newspaper article

Newspaper article (print)

Author, │’title’ │name of the newspaper │(city of publication, │date of publication) │page on which the article has been published (if known)
Author, │’title’ │name of the newspaper │(city of publication, │date of publication) │<URL> │ access date

Examples
² J Croft, ‘Supreme Court Warns on Quality’ Financial Times (London, 1 July 2010) 3.
³ I Loader, ‘The Great Victim of this Get Tough Hyperactivity is Labour’ The Guardian (London, 19 June 2008) <www.guardian.co.uk/
commentisfree/2008/jun/19/justice.ukcrime> accessed 19 November 2009.

Example in bibliography
Croft J, ‘Supreme Court Warns on Quality’ Financial Times (London, 1 July 2010) 3
Loader I, ‘The Great Victim of this Get Tough Hyperactivity is Labour’ The Guardian (London, 19 June 2008) <www.guardian.co.uk/
commentisfree/2008/jun/19/justice.ukcrime> accessed 19 November 2009

Note that some newspapers and magazines are only available online, such as the BBC or HuffPost, but they can still be treated as newspapers.