Citation Generator

What is the Citation Generator?

This tool builds a ready-to-use reference-list citation in APA (7th edition), MLA (9th edition) or Chicago (Notes-Bibliography) style, for a website, book or journal article, formatted according to each style's punctuation and ordering rules.

How to use it

1. Pick your citation style and the type of source you're citing.
2. Fill in the author, year, title and the fields specific to that source type.
3. Copy the formatted citation straight into your reference list or bibliography.

A note on accuracy

Each style has many edge cases — multiple authors, missing dates, organizational authors, republished editions — that a simple generator can't fully cover. This tool handles the common single-author case for each of the three source types correctly, but always compare the result against your institution's official style guide (the APA Style site, the MLA Style Center, or the Chicago Manual of Style) before submitting academic work, especially for sources with multiple authors or unusual formats.