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Chicago (notes and bibliography) to MLA (9th edition) converter
Paste a reference list formatted in Chicago (notes and bibliography) and get it back in MLA (9th edition). Literature, languages and the humanities, mainly in North America. Each reference is matched to a real catalog record and re-rendered with the official MLA (9th edition) style file; anything that cannot be matched is flagged instead of mangled.
Switching styles again later?
In CiteDash your references live as real, verified papers, and the whole bibliography re-renders in MLA (9th edition), Chicago (notes and bibliography), or any of 12 styles with one setting change.
Chicago (notes and bibliography) to MLA (9th edition) FAQ
What changes between Chicago (notes and bibliography) and MLA (9th edition)?
MLA (9th edition) in text: Author-page in-text citations, for example (Author 23), with a Works Cited list. Reference-list formatting differs too, which is why each entry is re-rendered from its real record with the official MLA (9th edition) style file rather than text-edited.
Why did some references not convert?
A reference only converts when it can be confidently matched to a catalog record. Journal articles match very well; books and web pages without a DOI match less often. Unmatched entries are listed untouched, never guessed at.
Is my reference list stored?
No. The conversion is stateless and pasted text is never logged. Only anonymous match-rate counts are kept.
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