Free Citation Generator

This free citation generator supports APA 7th edition, MLA 9th edition, Chicago 17th edition (Notes-Bibliography), Harvard, Vancouver, and IEEE styles. APA and MLA are fully implemented for websites, journal articles, and books. Other style and source type combinations are being added regularly.

Yes. The APA 7th and MLA 9th formatting follows the official style manuals precisely, including correct author formatting, italicization, punctuation, and ordering of elements. We recommend double-checking against your institution's specific requirements, as some universities have minor variations.

In APA 7th edition, a website citation follows this format: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Website Name. URL. If there is no author, use the organization name. If there is no date, use (n.d.). Our generator handles all these cases automatically.

An in-text citation is a brief reference placed within the body of your text, usually in parentheses, that points the reader to the full source details. A reference list entry (or Works Cited entry in MLA) is the complete bibliographic information for the source, placed at the end of your paper. Both are required in academic writing.

Yes. If your journal article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), enter it in the DOI field. The generator will format it as a URL (https://doi.org/...) in the reference, which is the recommended format in both APA 7th and MLA 9th edition.

Enter multiple authors separated by semicolons in 'Last, First' format. For example: 'Smith, John; Doe, Jane; Williams, Bob'. APA uses an ampersand (&) before the last author and lists up to 20 authors. MLA lists the first author in Last, First format, subsequent authors in First Last format, and uses 'et al.' for 3 or more authors.