Mini RES style checklist
REFERENCE STYLE: Authors should submit manuscripts with double-spaced endnotes. RES will convert these to footnotes at the production
stage.
Reference examples:
Books (with main author):
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Simple: Author, Book Title (Location, Year), 123-7.
 James Eade, The Forgotten Sky (Oxford, 1949), 76-8.
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Editions of a book: Author, Book Title, 2 edn (Location, Year), 123-7.
 James Eade, The Forgotten Sky, 2nd edn (Oxford, 1949), 76-8.
Chapter in a book: Author, „Chapter Title‟, in Book Title (Location, Year), 123-7.
 James Eade, „The Sky‟, in The Forgotten Sky (Oxford, 1949), 76-8.
Edited Books:
*In books comprising the edited works of several authors, collections of essays, the editor’s name appears before the title*
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Edited Book, single editor: Editor Name (ed.), Book Title (Location, Year), 55-78.
 J. Smith (ed.), English Through the Ages (Oxford, 1972), 45.
Edited Book, more than one editor: Editor Name and Editor Name (eds), Book Title (Location, Year), 55-78.
 M. Evans and S. Oldberg (eds), English Writing Systems (Oxford, 1999), 71-3.
Chapter in edited book: Author Name, „Chapter Name‟, in Editor Name (ed.), Book Title (Location, Year), 89-91.
 John Smith, „Latin Culture‟, in S. Wilkins (ed.), Medieval Latin Culture (Oxford, 1946), 89-91.
 James Harris, „Latin Culture‟, in S. Wilkins and R. Jenkins (eds), Later Latin Culture (Oxford, 1946), 89-91.
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Editions of an edited book: Editor Name (ed.), Book Title, 2 edn (Location, Year), 89-91.
 C. Straker (ed.), Early English Reader, 2nd edn (Oxford, 1985), 127-9.
Collections of Essays (by different authors): Editor Name (ed.), Collection Title (Location, Year), 89-91.
 C. Mercer (ed.), Oxford Essays on English (Oxford, 2001), 89-91.
An essay within a collection of essays: Author Name, „Essay Name‟, in Editor Name (ed.), Collection Title (Location, Year), 99-101.
 R. Duke, „Shakespeare‟s First Person‟, in M. Rogers (ed.), Essays on Shakespeare (Oxford, 2008), 27-48.
Edited Literary Texts and Translations:
*Editors of literary texts or of another single author’s papers/letters and translators are cited after the title*
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Literary Text: Author Name, Book Title, ed. Editor Name and Editor Name (Location, Year).
 David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, ed. D. Norton and M. Norton (Oxford, 2000).
Collected Letters/Works of a single author: Collection Title, ed. Editor Name (Location, Year).
 The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley, ed. F. L. Jones (Oxford, 1946) .
NB: Note that author name is elided when it appears in the title – it should appear as in the above example, rather than as:
“P. B. Shelley, The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley…”
Translated Books: Author Name, Book Title, tr. Translator Name (Location, Year).
 James Monroe, The Historical Jesus, tr. W. Montgomery (Oxford, 2010).
Manuscripts and Archives:
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Simple: Place, Library, MS Collection and Number.
 London, British Library, MS Cotton Vitellius A. xv.
 Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 343.
 Dublin, Trinity College, MS 4713.
Multi Volume Works:
*Multi Volume works can be cited as a whole (i.e. the entire work), or individually, as single volumes*
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Single Volume: Author Name, Volume Title, vol. 1 (Location, Year), 326-39.
 W. G. Clark and W. A. Wright, The Works of William Shakespeare, vol. 5 (Cambridge, 1865), 326-9.
Entire Work: Author Name, Volume Title, 5 vols (Location, Year Span), 326-9.
 W. G. Clark and W. A. Wright, The Works of William Shakespeare, 9 vols (Cambridge, 1863–1866), 326-9.
Edited Multi Volume Work: Editor Name (ed.), Volume Title, vol. 1 (Location, Year), 326-9.
 W. G. Clark and W. A. Wright (eds), The Works of William Shakespeare, vol. 5 (Cambridge, 1865), 326-9.
Edited Multi Volume Work where that volume has a different editor: Author Name, Volume Title, ed. Editor Name, Name of Edition, vol. 1
(Location, Year), 326-9.
 Samuel Johnson, Political Writings, ed. Donald J. Greene, The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, vol. 10 (New Haven,
1977), 326-9.
Edited Multi Volume Work, where that volume has a different title: Editor Name (ed.), Main Volume Title, vol. 1: Specific Volume Title (Location,
Year), 326-9.
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 W. G. Ward and W. A. Smith (eds), The Oxford History of English, vol. 5: The 19 Century (Cambridge, 1865), 326-9.
Journals/Periodicals:
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Journal Articles: Author Name, „Article Title‟, Short Journal Title, 61 (Year), 44-52.
 Alison Smith, „Becoming a Historian‟, RES, 51 (1998), 44-52.
NB: Comma after Journal Title, but not between Volume and Year, and no need for issue number.
o Book Reviews: Author Name, review of Author Name, Book Title (Location, Year), in Journal Title, 61 (Year), 44-52.
 Michael Johnson, review of James Eade, The Forgotten Sky (Oxford, 1949), in RES, 61 (2010), 76-8.
o Book Reviews where the Review has a title: Author Name, „Review Title‟, review of Author Name, Book Title (Location, Year), in Journal Title, 61
(Year), 44-52.
 Chris Smith, „Finding Jesus‟, review of James Monroe, The Historical Jesus (Oxford, 1949), in RES, 61 (2010), 76-8.
Websites:
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Author Name, Article Title (pubd online Month Year) <Web address> accessed Day Month
Year.
 William Strunk, The Elements of Style (pubd online July 1999) <http://www.bartleby.com/141> accessed 14 Dec 1999.
IN TEXT CITATIONS
 In-text citations: superscript Arabic numerals, in consecutive numerical order
 Citations are generally given at the end of the sentence
 For second and subsequent references to frequently cited sources, give page numbers parenthetically in-text, not as further notes
QUOTATIONS
 Pull out as separate paragraph if more than 5 lines of text
 In text quotes: single quotation marks are used
 Quotes within quotes use double quotation marks
ABBREVIATIONS
 Spell out at first use
 Latin phrases such as Ibid. and supra are allowed
 Units of measure: use 'per cent' in running text
SPELLING
 OXFORD UK “-ize” endings, rather than “-ise” with some exceptions: see http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/spellingizeiseyse?view=uk for
guidance and exceptions)
PUNCTUATION
 Oxford comma allowed – follows author‟s usage
 Provide punctuation after closing single quotes if the punctuation is not part of the sentence in quotes
 There should be no comma after i.e. or e.g.
NUMBERS AND DATES
 Numbers less than 100: spell out, for values and numerals with units, use two days not 2 days
 Number spans are elided to one digit, e.g. 120–6, 90–8, but do not elide date spans
 Thousand separator is a comma, e.g. 1,000
 Dates are given in the format: 20 January 1999