OSCOLA Referencing

Please select below from the most recent edition of the OSCOLA guide by the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (a quick guide and a longer, more detailed guide).

Quick guide

OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide.pdf

Detailed guide

OSCOLA (4th edn).pdf

OSCOLA FAQs

This is an update to the 4th edition of the guide that is on the publishers' website, which includes guidance on material that is not specifically covered in it, e.g. dictionaries, ebooks, secondary referencing and YouTube.

OSCOLA tutorial: 'Citing the Law: Referencing Using OSCOLA'

This is an excellent interactive online tutorial on how to reference using the OSCOLA referencing style, which has been produced by Cardiff University Library Service that should just take you 15 to 20 mins to complete.