If you need to refer to the same source several times, for example when you are discussing one or more literary works throughout your essay, there is no need to create a new footnote each time. For subsequent mentions you can use an abbreviated
reference or ‘short citation’ in the text.
Footnote
The first time you refer to the work, create a footnote which includes the full reference as normal. You can also set out in this footnote details of the short citation you will use to refer to the work in future, for
example: “Further references (to this work), are given after quotations/mentions in the text”.
Subsequent mentions in the text - short citations
The short citation should usually be the author's name or a short form of the title, plus the cited page number(s). For example:
McArthur, p. 62.
Macbeth, iii. 4. 99-107
If you are citing more than one work by the same author, for example if you are discussing two novels by the same author throughout your essay, use the author's surname and a short form of the title, plus the cited page number(s). For example:
Austen,
Pride and Prejudice, p.23
Austen,
Sense and Sensibility, p. 171
Harry Potter series
These books weren’t published as a series, so there is no overarching series title. To refer to the books collectively, provide a footnote the first time you mention one of the books in your text. In this footnote put the full reference details
for each book individually (separate them with a semicolon), and at the end of the list write the following:
Further references to the Harry Potter books as a collection will be referred to as 'Harry Potter
series (1997-2007)'.
You can then use this short form in further references to refer to the series as a whole.