"Oxford style" format - similar format, or downloa
"Oxford style" format - similar format, or downloa
Hi all,
I've used Bookends for a little while, for simple projects - always just with TextEdit and Harvard format. So I'm a bit of a newbie. I'm also using Mellel for the first time (for the footnote handling), so I'm feeling a little at sea!
This semester I'm doing a History unit and need to cite in "Oxford Style", detailed here.
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehel ... oxford.htm
http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentlife/ac ... ocnote.php
Is Oxford format the same as another format already in Bookends, or a slight tweak thereof? Or is there an Oxford format I can download somewhere?
Many thanks
Lara
I've used Bookends for a little while, for simple projects - always just with TextEdit and Harvard format. So I'm a bit of a newbie. I'm also using Mellel for the first time (for the footnote handling), so I'm feeling a little at sea!
This semester I'm doing a History unit and need to cite in "Oxford Style", detailed here.
http://www.usq.edu.au/library/help/ehel ... oxford.htm
http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentlife/ac ... ocnote.php
Is Oxford format the same as another format already in Bookends, or a slight tweak thereof? Or is there an Oxford format I can download somewhere?
Many thanks
Lara
Mm, it is a history class so perhaps what you refer to as the "humanities" format is it? All I know about the the format is that the URLs we're referred to to follow (which I put in my original message) call it the "documentary-note (Oxford) system", and that they are based on "the Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, 2002."
Many thanks
Lara
Many thanks
Lara
My copy of the Oxford guide to Style by R M Ritter was first published by OUP in 2002 so it's not the 6th edn. The alternative, the MHRA Style Guide also published in 2002. For those outside the UK, MHRA = Modern Humanities Research Association. Available at all good bookstores for around 5UK or you can download a .pdf from http://www.mhra.org.ukwaawa wrote:Mm, it is a history class so perhaps what you refer to as the "humanities" format is it? All I know about the the format is that the URLs we're referred to to follow (which I put in my original message) call it the "documentary-note (Oxford) system", and that they are based on "the Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edn, 2002."
Lara
Just checked your original post. The examples quoted look rather like one of the Chicago formats. What I suggest you do is take an example of (say) a book, a journal, book chapter and try formatting them for Chicago, Turabian footnote and perhaps MHRA.
See which is nearest to what you need. As a History undergrad, I was told that *exact* style doesn't matter (within reason) - consistency is more important. However, each University will have its own rules.
Hope this helps
Tacitus[/quote]
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to escape.
Hi Lara, I too have been asked to use the Oxford Documentary-note system of citations. A comprehensive description with examples is provided at: http://www.deakin.edu.au/studentlife/ac ... ocnote.php
I'm going to have a go at creating a new format in Bookends - as per the Users Guide. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Graeme
I'm going to have a go at creating a new format in Bookends - as per the Users Guide. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Graeme
His hands were pure; but he had no hands.
Charles Peguy
Charles Peguy
Thanks Graeme! I'd love to hear if you manage to get a style together.
Thanks for your note Tacitus - in my university most of the lecturers I've had have been pretty strict with referencing style, often right down to punctuation details, often from the first year of undergraduate studies and certainly in second and third year.
Side note: I'm wondering if there's a technical issue with the forum display? When I view the thread, I can see my original post with the two URLs I posted to the style details (USQ and Deakin) - but a couple of people have responded in a way that makes me think those URLs aren't visible to them?
Thanks
Lara
Thanks for your note Tacitus - in my university most of the lecturers I've had have been pretty strict with referencing style, often right down to punctuation details, often from the first year of undergraduate studies and certainly in second and third year.
Side note: I'm wondering if there's a technical issue with the forum display? When I view the thread, I can see my original post with the two URLs I posted to the style details (USQ and Deakin) - but a couple of people have responded in a way that makes me think those URLs aren't visible to them?
Thanks
Lara
Lara, if your still watching this thread:
The Deakin U. site is the best I've found. However it doesn't cover 3 or more authors, or "translated by". These should be dealt with as follows:
1. 3 or more authors - Bibliography: Author, AB, CD Author & EF Author ...
Footnotes/Endnotes: AB Author, CD Author & EF Author ... (note change in first author)
2. Translated by: Use "... trans. AB Author, CD Author, ..."
Hope that makes sense - I pasted it from an email I sent Jon.
Graeme
The Deakin U. site is the best I've found. However it doesn't cover 3 or more authors, or "translated by". These should be dealt with as follows:
1. 3 or more authors - Bibliography: Author, AB, CD Author & EF Author ...
Footnotes/Endnotes: AB Author, CD Author & EF Author ... (note change in first author)
2. Translated by: Use "... trans. AB Author, CD Author, ..."
Hope that makes sense - I pasted it from an email I sent Jon.
Graeme
His hands were pure; but he had no hands.
Charles Peguy
Charles Peguy