When doing research writing, the sources used need to be documented. The process for doing this is "creating citations" or "citing".
Below are some resources to assist with the creation of both in-text citations and the bibliography.
Citing Medicine by
Owl at Perdue - Research and Citation resources by
Zotero - Collect, organize, cite
Which style should you use?
Different disciplines format papers and cite sources in different ways. If you are writing for a class, look to the professor for guidance on style. If writing for publication, look on the journal website for guidelines or contact the journal editor.
Here is a general breakdown of what styles are used in different fields of study:
AAA (American Anthropology Association): Anthropology
AMA (American Medical Association): Medicine
APA (American Psychological Association): Business, Education, Psychology, Social Sciences
ASA: (American Sociological Association): Sociology
CSE (Council of Science Editors): Science
MLA (Modern Language Association): Literature, the Arts, and the Humanities
Chicago (Documentary-Note or Author-Date System): Literature, History, the Arts, as well as Physical, Natural, and Social Sciences