By @Dante Dominguez

In our academic context (social studies), the prefered style guide is that of the American Psychological Association. We use the APA 6th edition Referencing guide.

What is APA and How-to?

General Format // Purdue Writing Lab


Literature Review / Article Sources

I suggest you use Google Scholar.

ResearchGate | Find and share research

Microsoft Academic

Scopus preview - Scopus - Welcome to Scopus

ProQuest Ebook Central


Reference Management Software

I personally use Citavi. Here's a YouTube playlist on how to use it:

Gestión de referencias bibliográficas y organización del conocimiento

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIkQ3FvIhns&list=PLXhe8T_PCaR0sbMHwgdFx5EYBsguQF9Ul

There are other options. Some of the most popular are: