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Citation Generator

Fill in the details once and get your reference in APA, MLA and Chicago style.

What are you citing?

Authors (one per line, “First Last”)

Title

Website nameJournal name

Publisher

City (Chicago only)

Volume

Issue

Pages

DOI

Year

Month

Day

URL

APA 7th edition

MLA 9th edition

Chicago (bibliography)

Which style should I use?

APA is standard in psychology, education and the social sciences. MLA is used in English and the humanities. Chicago is common in history and publishing. If your teacher or journal names a style, use that one.

Before you hand it in

Copying a citation keeps the text but not the italics, so re-apply italics to titles in your document. Hanging indents and reference-list order (alphabetical by author) are set in your word processor. Always check the rules of the specific edition you’ve been asked to use.