Free citation generator
Chicago Author-Date Citation Generator
Paste a DOI and get the reference-list entry in Chicago (author-date), generated with the same citation engine and official style file CiteDash uses for full thesis bibliographies.
About Chicago (author-date)
Chicago's author-date system swaps the footnotes of the classic style for parenthetical citations and a reference list. The bibliographic detail is the same; only the placement changes.
- Used by: Sciences and social sciences that prefer Chicago over APA.
- In-text convention: Author-date in-text citations, for example (Author 2021), with a reference list.
Formatting a full reference list by hand? Read the complete Chicago (author-date) guide.
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CiteDash drafts with citations that are verified against real papers, keeps your bibliography in Chicago (author-date) automatically, and compiles to DOCX, PDF or LaTeX.
Chicago (author-date) citation FAQ
Is this Chicago (author-date) citation generator free?
Yes. Paste a DOI and copy the reference, no account needed. It runs the same citation engine CiteDash uses to manage whole thesis bibliographies.
Where does the citation data come from?
The DOI is resolved against OpenAlex and Crossref, the same open scholarly catalogs used across CiteDash, and formatted with the official community CSL style file.
Why is the output plain text without italics?
The generator returns the exact wording and punctuation of the reference. Apply italics and hanging indents in your document, where the style requires them.
Can it format my whole bibliography?
One reference at a time here. Inside CiteDash, the Reference Manager builds and reorders your full bibliography in any of 12 styles, and every citation is verified against a real paper.