Which citation style you should use usually depends upon your instructor's choice. If you need to choose your own citation style, then you can use the style most often used by researchers in particular subject areas:
Citations may look different, depending on what is being cited and which citation style is being used to create them.
Citations consist of standard elements, and contain all the information necessary to identify and track down publications, including:
Here is an example of an article citation using three different citation styles.
