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Law

Referencing & Integrity

Referencing Style For Law 

The referencing style for Law is OSCOLA, if you study any modules outside of Law please ask your module leader which referencing style you are expected to use. The cite them right guide below will introduce you to a range of styles as well as OSCOLA. 

  • Cite them right  A clear online guide to referencing with lots of examples and walkthroughs of different citation styles, including OSCOLA.

  • UEA Referencing LET  The UEA Learning Enhancement Team's website, has lots of useful information and study guides for referencing, paraphrasing and quoting sources.
  • Plagiarism awareness A useful guide on Plagiarism

Referencing is part of the wider topic of academic integrity which is an essential part of academic life. Academic integrity underpins good practice and values such as honesty, trust and respect. You can find information and activities to help you understand the importance of these values and how to ensure your work meets the University's expectations in relation to plagiarism and collusion on the LET teams pages, there is also extra support on referencing available from the LET team on the LET integrity and referencing pages 

Once you feel confident that you understand your referencing convention and style you may want to investigate using reference management tools for longer pieces of work like dissertations. Find out about reference management software and collaborative working apps plus software and browser extensions in the library referencing pages.

Referencing

You can also learn more about how to get started using one of the most popular reference management tools Zotero in our

introduction to Zotero video

Please visit the following guides for copyright guidance depending on if you are a member of staff or student:

Copyright for Staff 

Copyright for students 

Please also see the UEA web pages available from the Information Compliance team<


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