Different disciplines and even different publications within a discipline vary in specific stylistic details. The following styles, however, provide commonly used examples of each of these general formats.
American Psychological Association (APA) style
Modern Language Association (MLA) style
Council of Biology Editors (CBE) citation-sequence system
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) reference style
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) Note Format: the standard note system, which has been adapted for students (with some modifications) by Kate Turabian in A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (6th ed., University of Chicago Press, 1996)