Where can I find out the details on how a signature is created for a certificate and how it differs from creating a signature on a data file?

Is it as simple as running MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, etc on the cert, encrypting the hash with the private key and sticking the results on the end of the cert (X509)? Or am I missing a key concept?
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