Style Request: Oxford Reference Style

djkonz
Could I request the development of an Oxford Reference Style? As there are variations on the style, the one I am working to is outlined in a University of NSW style guide, to which I have attached a link, below.

To follow the steps outlined for requesting a new style, I have searched for similar styles. Oxford uses a footnote citation system (vs. in-text referencing like many styles, eg Harvard), similar perhaps to the Oxford Art Journal, and full bibliographic referencing a little similar to University of Melbourne bibliography style. I detail similarities and differences below.

A full description of the style (as per Uni NSW) is found in their style guide posted here: https://acrobat.com/#d=D4L9pqzbr*cjd5-FXKAdFw (please let me know if you have any problems accessing).

I will try to describe any differences and similarities from the comparison styles(Oxford Art Journal and Uni Melbourne, citations and bibliographic respectively) as best as possible, below. To begin with, however, here are two simple samples of Oxford Reference Style (per UNSW):

Sample of Footnote Citation [1]:

1. A Student, 'Needing help', in [italics:] Creating a reference style [end italics], Zo Tero (ed.), Hotoffthe Press, Oxford, 2010, p. 21.

Biliographic reference:

Student, A 'Needing Help', in [italics:] Creating a reference style [end italics]. Zo Tero (ed.), Hotoffthe Press, Oxford, 2010, pp. 20-25.

Footnote Citations: Oxford Reference v Oxford Art Journal:

Similarities:

1) FirstName/Initial Surname comma
2) Book title [italics] comma
3) In edited book or journal: 'Article title' [single quotations] comma, Book title [italics] comma
4) In edited book or journal - format: [Editor/s'] FirstName/Initial Surname (ed.)
Note however the different order of title and editor as below
5) page number comes last as per eg: p. 21-22.

Differences:

1) Oxford: Editor/s' details come after the book title (OAJ: prior to book title)
2) Oxford: Use '&' instead of 'and' between multiple authors and editors
3) Oxford: No brackets around publisher, place, date
4) Oxford: Comma between publisher and place (OAJ: colon)

Full details, again, in Document linked from above.

Bibliographic style: Oxford v Uni of Melb

Similarities:

1) Surname FirstName/Initial
2) Minimal punctutation around names - ie no full stops after initials
3) Use of '&' instead of 'and' between multiple authors and editors
4) Book title italicised
5) Publisher comma Place comma Date comma pages fullstop [pages only for edited publications, not for simple books by one author]
6) Pages [where applicable] expressed as: pp. 21-22.

Differences:

1) Oxford: Date comes at end of reference, before pp. nos if relevant (Melb: follows author/s details)
2) Oxford: Single quotation for article or chapters (or web article, etc) in edited works (Melb: double quotations)
3) Oxford: Fullstop after book title (Melb: comma only)
4) Oxford: Book title comes prior to editor/s' details
5) Oxford: Use of full stop for contractions: '(ed.)' but not '(eds.)' --> '(eds)'
5) Oxford: '&' instead of 'and' for multiple editors
6) Oxford: Web doc: 'viewed' instead of 'accessed'
7) Oxford : web doc: date format: '25 September, 2010' (Melb: September 25, 2010)

That's the similarities and differences I can spot so far. I've installed Oxford Art Journal and University of Melbourne styles into Zotero and trialled them citing of various types of publications - though not an exhaustive list, I confess. I have undoubtedly missed some differences, but that's as many as I can spot at the moment.

Once again, however, full details of the Oxford Reference style are in the style guide, link above.

Thanks for any help you can offer in developing this style. My fellow grad students in Oxford who will be using the style will be very grateful... as will I.

Btw am absolutely loving Zotero! This will cap off its functionality for us.

Warm regards.

DJ
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