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This guide covers APA, MLA, and more that you may not be familiar with but are used by the disciplines you're looking at in Units 2 and 3.
The guide lets you know how to get the information on the various styles but does not break each of them down fully.
This short video explains how the newest version of MLA citation style considers components of a citation. Concepts covered here can often transfer to other citation styles as well.