citation format

Bibliographic presentation standard

A citation format is a standardized system for documenting sources in academic and professional writing.

Different disciplines favor different formats—APA for social sciences, MLA for humanities, Chicago for history.

Each specifies how to present author names, titles, dates, and page numbers: Make sure your bibliography follows APA citation format.

Also called citation style.

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  • APAPsychology organization's format
  • ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
  • IEEEEngineering standards organization
  • AMAAcronym for openness
  • HarvardPrestigious Cambridge university

Vancouver · hanging indent · double spaced · annotated · academic papers · ibid · et al · DOI · page numbers · title · MLA · research articles · order · author · publication date · brackets · italics · journal article

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attribution vs. content

citation formatbody text

Document's main prose

source material

formality of reference

citation formatplagiarism

Unattributed use of others' work

specificity of attribution

citation formatanonymous source

Unidentified person providing information

hearsay · rumor · they say

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