When you produce a piece of academic writing (course work assignment, dissertation, thesis, journal article or monograph), you draw information from a wide range of sources. It is really important to acknowledge your sources by citing them in the text and listing them in a list of references at the end of your work. If you fail to do this, you may be accused of plagiarism: taking someone else's ideas and passing them off as your own, and is a serious academic offence.
References should include all the necessary details to allow your reader to find the source you have used, such as:
Some sources may also require information about the edition or series, or specialised information such as the scale of a map.
In the Law Department you are likely to use the OSCOLA style, developed at the University of Oxford for the accurate citation of legal materials. You should be able to find all the information and guidance you need here:
It is very important to be consistent in your use of a style. The use of EndNote bibliographic/reference software available in PC labs and Library PCs or over the internet as EndNote online will help you to create consistent citations and bibliographies.
Newcastle Universty Library has some fantastic guidance on using the Endnote Software with OSCOLA, including a video on how to get the best of of the Cite While You Write (CWYW) plug in for microsoft word.