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Referencing in Dissertation

I am finalising my master dissertation. Having not submitted any written work for a while, I have a question on referencing.

I am using OSCOLA referencing, and am wondering, where you have a whole paragraph explaining an argument of one journal article, do you reference every sentence with the same reference. Or, would one reference at the end of the paragraph be sufficient?

Thanks

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RumpeIstiltskin

I would have thought you'd only use multiple references if you need to pinpoint specific pages of the article where parts of the argument are made.

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Colin_S

Thanks. The argument is over a couple of pages of the article. I would include the range of pages it is on as a pin point. This would make the citation exactly the same for each sentence

I am concerned that if I don't reference a sentence that it will look like my own view rather than summarising someone else's argument. Which could be considered plagiarism. It just seems odd to have ibid, ibid, ibid.

(edited 8 years ago)

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