Determine which style guide you are required to use when creating your citations. Some of the differences are only slight, but missing them can lead to substantially lower grades on your paper.
Collect all the information that you can about your sources. This should include title, author or speaker, date, publication or publisher, place of publication, volume, and Internet address if applicable. Arrange the information in the following order: Author/Speaker, Year, Title of Statement, Location and Publisher.
Format the information according to your style manual's guidelines. For example in APA style, list the author or speaker with their last name first, followed by the year in brackets and a period. Then include the title in italics, the place where it was published or spoken, and the publisher. For example:
Force, R. (2004). Admiralty and maritime law (Italicize title). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.