APA and ASA are the most common citation styles that you will use in Sociology classes, but when in doubt, always check with your professor. Purdue OWL has excellent APA and ASA guides available online, that contains information about citations, formatting, and basic style. A print copy of the official handbook is also available at the Research Help desk, in the reference collection.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Because Sociology involves interdisciplinary coursework, you may need to use a variety of citation styles; resources for the major citation styles are available below. Give credit where credit is due. By properly citing the sources you use in your research projects you are both identifying the resources that you used to complete your work and you are formally acknowledging the authors or creators of those resources.