Op cit
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Op cit (Latin, short for "opus citatum"/"opere citato," meaning "the work cited/from the cited work") is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation to refer the reader to an earlier citation.
To find the Op cit source, one has to look at all of the previous footnotes to find the relevant author. The relevant source is listed there.
In legal citation, refers to the cited source immediately previous to the last cited source.
Contrast: Ibid referring to the last cited source, and supra, meaning cited (with details of the source) above. Also loc cit, now rarely used.
[edit] Example
- 9. R. Millan, "Art of Latin grammar" (Academic, New York, 1997), p. 23.
- 10. G.Wiki "Blah and its uses" (Blah Ltd., Old York, 2000), p.17.
- 11. Millan, op. cit., p.5.
The reference no. 11 is the same as in no 9. (R. Millan, "Art of Latin grammar"), although the page is different.
[edit] See also
- Bibliography
- MLA Handbook (may or may not apply to APA)
