•A bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item.

•Citations should supply detail to identify the item uniquely.

•There are different citation systems and styles e.g.  APA, Harvard 

•Citation content can vary depending on the type of source and may include:

•Book: author(s), book title, publisher, date of publication, and page number(s) if appropriate.

•Journal: author(s), article title, journal title, date of publication, and page number(s).

•Newspaper: author(s), article title, name of newspaper, section title and page number(s) if desired, date of publication.

•Web site: author(s), article and publication title where appropriate, as well as a URL, and a date when the site was accessed.

•Interview: name of interviewer, interview descriptor (ex. personal interview) and date of interview.