Citation styles are a set of guidelines to organize and format various sources cited in your academic writing. These provide all the standards on how to format work lists, in-text, margins, headings, etc. Various types of academic disciplines use different citation styles. Examples of some common citation styles are the American Psychological Association (APA), IEEE, Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago/Turabian, etc. Introduction to Citation Styles: Why They Matter A citation style dictates all the required data and information and guides how these are ordered with proper punctua...