Please visit the Understanding Citations page in our Journal and Book Locator library guide for tips on reading citations. 

• You can also view the Book Reference Quick Guide as well as the Journal Article Reference Quick Guide on the Academic Writer database. 
   
• While these pages are specific to APA-style citations, most citation styles follow similar formats, so once you know how to spot the differences in APA-style citations, you can use that to spot the differences in other citation formats.