B.  Proper methods of citation 

Citing your information sources is an important part of scholarship, whether you are using facts, quotations, or ideas that support your own work.  Style manuals explain how to cite all types of sources, how to construct the bibliography or literature cited section, and how to format a paper. 

Style manuals can be discipline-specific.  For example, the Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Manual is used by humanities disciplines; Turabian is used in many social science disciplines; and, American Psychological Association (APA) style is used in many science disciplines. 

Nursing publications usually follow APA style.  Copies of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association are generally available at college and university libraries.  Depending on which edition you use, the printed manual may be, or may become, outdated with respect to citing electronic documents. You can find Web resources on citation styles by starting at the library Home Page, and from the Resources listing, choose General Reference Sources. On the General Reference Sources page, choose Style Manuals & Writing Guides.

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