Use the style recommended by your professor or choose one of the major styles below based on the discipline for your paper:
| Citation Style | MLA | Chicago | APA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual |  |
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| Discipline | Used in literature, arts, and the humanities |
Notes & Bibliography system used in history, arts, and humanities |
Used in psychology and other social sciences |
The general rule for citing data is to stick with the style for citing a journal article. Definitely include the creator, title, year of publication, publisher (usually the archive in which it is found), edition or version, and access information (e.g. a URL).
The idea is to give credit to the author or producer of the data, and give information to allow others to find the data you found.
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