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I've left the following information about citing sources at Wikipedia:New_contributors'_help_page where you asked your question about Ordination of women, and another user has left you info about edit summaries too.
Have a look at WP:Citing sources and WP:Citation templates, which explain the preferred format for citations and give you templates you can cut & paste, then fill in to create your reference. In particular, have a look at Template: cite book. If you paste either of the example templates 1 or 2 into the text at the point where you want the reference's number to appear, then complete as many fields as you can and preview, you'll find you've created a citation (the program will number it for you) and the book's details will appear automatically in the reference list at the bottom of the article page. Don't be daunted! By the way, a good tip is to open Wikipedia again in a second window when you're editing an article. Use the second window to keep templates or help pages like WP:Citing sources open to refer to, while you edit the article in your original window. Good luck, and happy editing.-- Karenjc 18:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)