Why use a citation generator?
Proper citations give credit to original authors, help readers find your sources, and protect you from plagiarism. Different academic disciplines require different citation styles — APA is common in social sciences, MLA in humanities, Chicago in history, and Harvard in many UK and Australian universities. Formatting citations manually is tedious and error-prone.
Supported citation styles
This tool generates citations in APA 7th Edition, MLA 9th Edition, Chicago 17th Edition (author-date), and Harvard style. It supports five source types: books, journal articles, websites, magazine articles, and newspaper articles. Each format follows the official style guide rules for punctuation, italicisation, and ordering.
Privacy first
All citation formatting runs locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your source details are never uploaded, stored, or shared with any server. Close the tab and your data is gone.