

If you are unsure which system you should be using, make sure you consult your tutor before you begin. The style offers academic writers the choice between these two formats choosing which system you are going to apply to your work will depend on your discipline and the type of sources you are citing.

In Word place your cursor at the end of the Footnote outside the ‘grey’ EndNote field for your subsequent citation. the OSCOLA style only requires the surname of the first author for a journal article.

If your style has been set up correctly in EndNote it will insert your subsequent citation in the appropriate format e.g. Insert a footnote as usual then go to EndNote to select the reference for your subsequent citation and click Insert Citation. Use the Cross-reference function in Word so that your document automatically updates when you enter new citations. in the OSCOLA style ‘Smith (n3)’ is a subsequent citation to a journal article by Smith cited in footnote 3. Some styles require subsequent citations to be in an abbreviated form with a cross-reference to the initial citation e.g.
