Citation Generator

**Citation Generator — Perfect Citations Every Time**

Properly formatting citations is tedious and error-prone. Each citation style (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard) has its own rules for author names, punctuation, capitalisation, and formatting that differ even for minor details. Our Citation Generator handles all the rules automatically.

**Supported Citation Styles**

**APA 7th Edition** (American Psychological Association)
Used by: Psychology, education, social sciences, nursing
Format: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Publisher.

**MLA 9th Edition** (Modern Language Association)
Used by: Literature, humanities, liberal arts
Format: Author Last, First. "Title of Article." Journal Name, vol. X, no. X, Year, pp. X–X.

**Chicago 17th Edition**
Used by: History, fine arts, business
Two styles: Notes-Bibliography (humanities) and Author-Date (sciences)

**Harvard Referencing**
Used by: UK, Australia, many universities worldwide
Format: Author, Initials. (Year) Title of book. Place: Publisher.

**Supported Source Types**

- Books and book chapters
- Journal articles
- Websites and web pages
- News articles
- Academic theses and dissertations
- Government documents
- Films and videos
- YouTube and online videos
- Social media posts
- Podcast episodes

**Common Citation Mistakes**

1. **Author order** — APA and Harvard list all authors for up to 20 authors; MLA uses "et al." after 2.
2. **Page numbers** — Required in APA and MLA for direct quotes.
3. **DOI vs. URL** — Use DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for academic articles when available; it's more stable than URLs.
4. **Accessed date** — Required for websites in most styles (websites can change or disappear).
5. **Hanging indent** — Reference lists use a hanging indent (first line flush, subsequent lines indented).

**In-Text Citations**

Our generator creates both the full reference entry AND the in-text citation (parenthetical) for each style.