The format of a citation varies according to rules set by different academic disciplines and publishers.
These rules govern the order in which the elements of a citation are arranged, the punctuation used,
the abbreviations permitted, indentions, etc. For the most part, these rules have been collected into style guides.
Because scholars and students generally have to use more than one of these citation styles, libraries maintain collections of them.
ASK A LIBRARIAN to help you find the one you need. In addition, the most important
Style Guides
have been put full-text on the World Wide Web.
Some of the more commonly used Style Guides are:
