3.1 Citation Styles

There are a number of different styles or formats for citations. Which style you use depends upon the subject discipline you are working in.

Some commonly used citation styles:

• APA
• MLA
• Harvard System
• Chicago Manual of Style
• ...

* Students and staff of HKIEd are required to use APA style for their reference list or bibliography

	Each style includes the same basic parts of a citation, but may organize them slightly different.
	A citation provides the bibliographic information of a publication: Name of author Publication year Book title Place of publication Name of publisher
	A reference list is arranged in alphabetical order by author's family names.