Drafting your paper

Whether you are citing in the body of the text or writing the final bibliography, you need to follow a defined format, a standard, which guarantees that you are including all the elements necessary to identify a resource (for instance author’s name, date of publication etc…).

A citation style dictates the necessary information for a citation and how to order it, as well as punctuation and other formatting.

A citation style is used to recall your sources:

• in the body of the text
• in footnotes
• in your final bibliography

Use the same citation style throughout your entire work. 

If you want to find the citation style suggested by your professor, take a look at: