A citation helps the reader to find your original information source. It helps you to avoid plagiarism.
A citation style keeps everyone on the same page by sticking to a standardized format.
The Hamline Writing Center is a great place for help!
Visit the Purdue University's Online Writing Lab APA Style page.
Is there a tool that can save and organize all of my article, book, and website citations
--AND help with my bibliography?
A citation manager can do just that:
Write N Cite is a RefWorks feature that can be used in Microsoft Word to input your citations as you write your paper.
Visit the Hamline Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) instructions to access Word with the Write N Cite plugin.
Refworks video tutorials on Hamline YouTube 