APA

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I couldn't make a specific recommendation but I know there are a lot of software packages available to will do most of the heavy lifting if you were to write an essay/research for publication.  These days it seems less necessary to read up on such things.  It's good to have a general sense of how these things are done but no one actually "knows" all that stuff.  You look it up as you need it.  Hopefully they don't force too much of it on you.

Exactly! I've always just had to look up bits and pieces. Reading about the actually formatting is mind numbing. I will refer to online sources like Purdue OWL and not search through a 400+ page book for what I need. I imagine that's what 99% of students would do.