Many of the faculty in Political Science suggest the use of the Chicago Manual of Style when citing your sources. Instead, you may want to use Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations, which is a simplified version of the Chicago Manual. If in doubt--ASK YOUR INSTRUCTOR!
Z 253 .C57 17th 2017 (Ref)
A detailed and comprehensive guide for papers, articles, theses, dissertations, and books. It is the "Bible" for many publication guidelines.
Call number: LB 2369 .T8 2018 (Ref)
This is the guide by Kate L. Turabian, often used in history. The link is to a Quick Guide to help you get started.
Prepared by the WMU Libraries, this brief guide shows how to cite the most-often used types of sources, such as books, journal articles, etc. You can find the complete APA Manual in the Waldo Library Reference Collection under the call number BF 76.7 .P83.
The Writing Lab at Purdue University does a superb job of helping to guide students in the use of the writing style guides. Be sure and visit their site once you have put your own citations into the proper format to see check your work.