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All disciplines have their own idiosyncratic way of citing information.
There is even great variety among journals. Check with your professor as to his or hers preferred style. You may want to consider purchasing a bibliographic software, such as ProCite, Papyrus or EndNote, that will help you manage citations. It's easy to cut and paste out of someone else's electronic document. Don't do it unless you correctly cite the source and give credit to the creator of the original idea.