• Flim@lemmy.world
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    The Associated Press Stylebook. It offers a basic reference to American English grammar, punctuation, and principles of reporting, including many definitions and rules for usage as well as styles for capitalization, abbreviation, spelling, and numerals.

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      Is it specific to a field or region? I’m in grad school right now, and at every stage it’s always been APA (American Psychological Association) citation format.

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        AP is typically used for journalism. APA is mostly used for psych and a few other sciences. no offense to your grad program but im very surprised you haven’t come across all the widely used writing style/guidelines by now