OP CIT

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 the all of the previous footnotes to find the relevant author. The relevant source is listed there.

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.12.
• 11. Millan, op. cit., p.148.

The reference no. 11 is the same as in no 9. (R. Millan, "Art of Latin grammar"), although the page is different.

See also

• Bibliography
• Ibid
• Loc cit
• MLA Handbook (may or may not apply to APA)

External links

• Dictionary.com/ibid
• On IBID and OP CIT
• Conventions in footnoting for essays, papers and books by Werner Hammerstingl, 1998.
• Introduction to bibliographies and citation styles