Preferred formats for citations can vary among scholarly disciplines, departments, professors, or individual journal publishers.
The citation standard used most often in the social sciences was devised for the American Psychological Association and is known as 'APA style'.
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2010). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Call number: BF 76.7 .P83 2010
[Available for in-library use, Gunnin & Cooper Reference shelves]
***What's New in the 6th Edition - dealing with new technologies & formats [14 min. tutorial]
APA Resources Online:
Get it from the source: APA Style resources from the American Psychological Association.
The libraries at the University of Pennsylvania offer generous online guidance for Citing Resources.
The Purdue Owl is a popular go-to writing & citation resource from the Writing Center at Purdue University: Includes guidance on in-text and reference list format for a range of resource types.
Bellevue University has FAQs on APA and MLA formating styles with pecific directions for a wide range of formats, including electronic stuff, government documents, and maps.
The Style Wizard - Input the specifics and it formats a citation in the style of your choice.