The purpose of citation is to:
Different disciplines and scholarly journals have their own required citation styles. If you are preparing citations for a paper, check with your instructor to be sure you are following the citation style required.
Without good citation, creators never get credit for their hard work!
Common Elements of Citations
These are the elements of all citations at their most basic. Remember, part of the point is to allow readers to find your source themselves. These elements are formatted, punctuated, and distributed differently depending on the requirements of your discipline.
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Author Maddox, J. T. I. |
Date (2020). |
Title Challenging the black atlantic : The new world novels of zapata olivella and gonçalves. [this should be on one line] |
Source Bucknell University Press |
Depending on the particular style, you may also need to include page numbers, URL or DOI, date accessed. The formatting of the authors' name will be different, and punctuation is crucial. Placement of punctuation differs from style to style.
| Department | Citation Style |
| Manning School of Business | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Accounting | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Finance | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Management | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Marketing, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Operations and Information Systems | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Solomont School of Nursing | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Public Health Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Physical Therapy Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Francis College of Engineering | Varies* |
| Chemical Engineering Department | AICHE or APA |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering Department | ASME, ASCE or APA |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering Department | IEEE or APA |
| Mechanical Engineering Department | IEEE (or AIAA, ASME, APA) |
| Plastics Engineering Department | AICHE, ASME or APA |
| College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Varies* |
| Art & Design Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) |
| Criminology and Justice Studies | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Economics Department | Chicago Manual of Style |
| English Department |
MLA (Modern Language Association) |
| History Department | Chicago Manual of Style |
| Music Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) |
| Philosophy Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) |
| Political Science Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Psychology Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Sociology Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| World Languages & Cultures Department | MLA (Modern Language Association) |
| Kennedy College of Sciences | *Varies |
| Biological Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Chemistry Department | APA or ACS |
| Computer Science Department | IEEE & ACM |
| Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Mathematical Sciences Department | APA (American Psychological Association) |
| Physics Department | AIP Style (American Institute of Physics) |
| College of Education | APA (American Psychological Association) |
