The source used for the APA style is library.cornell.edu, the library website for Cornell University. This website helps by showing examples on how to cite or develop references for different formats, such as journals, articles, or newspapers in different citation styles. APA (American Psychological Association) is a citation style primarily used for works related to the social sciences (Psychology, sociology, or social work) and shares some similarities with other citation styles, like the Modern Language Association style (MLA). The page starts by defining the APA style and it’s usage, then talks about how citations are referenced in text, which is the author(s), pages, and the year of publication, surrounded by parentheses, following a sentence or paragraph in which the citation is referencing. The page also includes the details of the reference list for articles in journals, magazines, & newspapers: list of authors names in alphabetical order by last names, last name and initials for all authors, capitalizing only the first word of a title, etc.

The source our group found for Chicago source citations was the Purdue Owl website, it gave us information on “The Chicago Manual of Style”. There are two major documentation styles used in the Chicago format of citation, the first being the “Notes-Bibliography System” which is used by scholars in history, art and literature. The second documentation style used is the “Author-Date System”, which is basically the same in terms of its content but slightly different in format and is mostly used for topics in social sciences. The Purdue Owl website also goes more in depth with the Chicago manual’s variety of topics, such as publication, manuscripts, grammar, and documentation, journalist have referred to this as the “editors’ bible.” The manual represents what is called the  “Turabian” citation style, named after Kate L. Turabian the renounced american educator,which follows the two “Chicago Manual of Style’s” patterns of documentation but offers slight improvements to student texts.