Citing Sources by Type
A separate page for each source type, ordered by how often EBS students actually use it. Not sure which one you need? Start with the list below.
General citation mechanics — how in-text citations and the reference list itself must be formatted — are covered on the previous two pages. This page is the index for the specific source types below it in the menu.
What are you citing?
| If your source is… | Go to |
|---|---|
| A peer-reviewed journal article | Journal Articles |
| A textbook or a chapter in an edited book | Books & Chapters |
| A company’s annual report, press release, or investor materials | Company & Business Sources |
| A Statista/Euromonitor-style report, or a numeric data set (Eurostat, Statistics Estonia) | Market Research & Data Sets |
| A website, blog post, or online news article | Web Pages, Blogs & News |
| An EU directive/regulation or an Estonian law | Legal, EU & Estonian Sources |
| Someone else’s thesis or dissertation | Theses & Dissertations |
| Text generated by ChatGPT or another AI tool | AI-Generated Content |
| A post on X/Twitter, Instagram, or similar | Social Media |
| A government, ministry, or institutional report | Reports & Government Publications |
| A conference paper, or an encyclopedia/dictionary entry | Conference Papers & Reference Works |
| Something you only found quoted inside another source | Secondary Sources |
| A patent, standard, data set, map, image, or recording | Specialized & Other Sources |
Note: Personal communication — emails, texts, unrecorded interviews — is covered on the In-Text Citations page, since it’s a citation rule rather than a publication type.