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The reason you don't have the answer you want is because you haven't yet asked the right question.

Answering your second question first (the easy one):

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website.

Their quick guide on references should give you most of the information you want, and you can search on the site for other specifics.

Now for the unasked question behind your first question:

Your question boils down to: "What is the citing format for a PDF?" This is the wrong question. It is the same as asking "What is the citing format for an envelope?" It's not the envelope that's important, it's the contents.

PDFs are not a specific document type as almost anything can be published as a PDF, so you should use the correct format for the type of source material that appears within the PDF.

However, that is of no help to you because you haven't identified the type of document inside the PDF. You need to clarify if you mean extracts from websites, unpublished material/documents, etc. Only then will anyone be able to give you a definitive answer.

The reason you don't have the answer you want is because you haven't yet asked the right question.

Answering your second question first (the easy one):

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website. This is the only official online APA style guide, i.e. the one that comes directly from the American Psychological Association.

Their quick guide on references should give you most of the information you want, and you can search on the site for other specifics.

Now for the unasked question behind your first question:

Your question boils down to: "What is the citation format for a PDF?" This is the wrong question. It is the same as asking "What is the citation format for an envelope?" It's not the envelope that's important, it's the contents.

PDFs are not a specific document type as almost anything can be published as a PDF, so you should use the correct format for the type of source material that appears within the PDF.

However, that is of no help to you because you haven't identified the type of document inside the PDF. You need to clarify if you mean extracts from websites, unpublished material/documents, etc. Only then will anyone be able to give you a definitive answer.

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website.

Their quick guide on references should give you most of the information you want, and you can search on the site for other specifics.

PDFs are not a specific document type as almost anything can be published as a PDF, so you should use the correct format for the type of source material that appears within the PDF.

The answer to How do I simply always find the most recent and official English citation format for a scholarly PDF? is use the APA style website, if you only want APA style guides.

The reason you don't have the answer you want is because you haven't yet asked the right question.

Answering your second question first (the easy one):

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website.

Their quick guide on references should give you most of the information you want, and you can search on the site for other specifics.

Now for the unasked question behind your first question:

Your question boils down to: "What is the citing format for a PDF?" This is the wrong question. It is the same as asking "What is the citing format for an envelope?" It's not the envelope that's important, it's the contents.

PDFs are not a specific document type as almost anything can be published as a PDF, so you should use the correct format for the type of source material that appears within the PDF.

However, that is of no help to you because you haven't identified the type of document inside the PDF. You need to clarify if you mean extracts from websites, unpublished material/documents, etc. Only then will anyone be able to give you a definitive answer.

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website.

In-Text Citations are explained on the linked page:

• If there is no author, use the title (or a short form of the title, if it is lengthy) and the year. Titles that are italicized in the reference list are italicized in text; titles that are not italicized in the reference list appear in quotation marks.

So the answer to Do I italicize or quote the title of a PDF for a citation? is either use italics or quotation marks, but be consistent.

The answer to How do I simply always find the most recent and official English citation format for a scholarly PDF? is use the APA style website, if you only want APA style guides.

Assuming you mean the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA), there is a link on the Wikipedia page to the APA style website.

Their quick guide on references should give you most of the information you want, and you can search on the site for other specifics.

PDFs are not a specific document type as almost anything can be published as a PDF, so you should use the correct format for the type of source material that appears within the PDF.

The answer to How do I simply always find the most recent and official English citation format for a scholarly PDF? is use the APA style website, if you only want APA style guides.