Citation Generator

Format a book, website or journal reference in APA, MLA or Chicago style — instantly, in your browser.

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Citation style
Source type
APA 7 reference

Fill in the author and title to build your citation…

Builds a reference-list entry in APA 7, MLA 9 or Chicago (notes–bibliography) style. Italicised parts — book titles, journal names, site names — show italic here and copy as plain text. Always double-check against your institution’s style guide; punctuation has edge cases this quick tool simplifies. Everything runs in your browser.

Choose a style and source

Pick APA, MLA or Chicago, then whether you are citing a book, website or journal article.

Fill in the details

Enter the author (Last, First), year, title and publisher or site name. Journals also take volume, issue and pages.

Copy your citation

The formatted reference updates live with the correct italics and punctuation. Press Copy to paste it into your bibliography.

Questions

Which citation styles are supported?
APA 7th edition, MLA 9th edition and Chicago (notes–bibliography) style, for three common source types: books, websites and journal articles.
Does it create the in-text citation too?
Yes. Alongside the full reference-list entry, it shows an APA-style in-text citation such as (Smith, 2024) that you can drop into the body of your work.
Is my information uploaded anywhere?
No. The citation is built entirely in your browser as you type — nothing is sent to a server or stored.