A free citation machine for accurate APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and IEEE citations. Generate in-text citations and full references, trusted by students worldwide
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Click Citation style on the search bar and choose your format: APA 7th edition, Harvard, MLA 9th, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver, OSCOLA, or any of the 19 supported styles. Switch at any time and your entire bibliography reformats instantly.
Select a source type from the tabs: Journal article, Book, Webpage, Report, or Thesis. This filters results to match your source, the same way Scribbr, Citation Machine, and MyBib work.
Type a title, author, paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN and click Cite. The generator returns matching results. Click Cite this next to the correct one.
Each citation is added to your reference list below the search bar. The in-text citation appears in a chip. Click it to copy. When done, copy the full bibliography or export to Word, LaTeX (.bib), or clipboard.
This free citation generator and bibliography maker supports 19 citation styles used at US universities and worldwide. Inaccurate citations cost easy points on a rubric, so here are the most common styles and where to use them:
APA format is the default at most US universities, from Colorado State to the University of North Texas. Used for business, social sciences, nursing, education, and psychology. Format: Author, A. A. (Year). Title. Publisher.
Standard for CIPD assignments, UK-validated programs, and many international courses. Author-date format similar to APA but with different punctuation. Format: Author (Year) Title. Publisher.
MLA format is used in humanities, literature, and English programs at schools like Drew University and Marshall University. Produces a "Works Cited" page. Format: Author. Title. Publisher, Year.
The Chicago Manual of Style covers history, arts, and law programs, common in departments at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Two systems: Notes-Bibliography (footnotes) and Author-Date. Turabian is the student version of Chicago.
The engineering and computer science standard at schools like Rochester Institute of Technology and Wright State. Numbered reference list format: [1] A. Author, "Title," Journal, vol. X, 2023.
Biomedical and health sciences. Numbered in-text citations [1] with numbered reference list. Used in nursing and medicine programs.
This citation generator handles every source type, and the Cite Manually option adds newspapers, videos, and book chapters. Select the right type to get the most accurate citation:
Paste the DOI or full article title. For articles found on Science Direct, PubMed, JSTOR, or Google Scholar, paste the DOI (e.g., 10.1016/j.xyz...) for the most accurate result. The generator returns exact author names, journal, volume, issue, and page range.
Paste the ISBN (found on the back cover) for any book citation. Works for textbooks, edited volumes, and e-books. The generator retrieves publisher, place of publication, and edition automatically.
Paste the full URL to cite a website: news article, government site, institutional report, or blog post. The generator extracts the site name, page title, publication date, and access date for the citation.
For government reports, WHO publications, World Bank data, OECD reports, and organizational grey literature. Cite by title or paste the report URL.
For citing published theses from ProQuest, institutional repositories, or university databases. Enter the thesis title and institution for a correctly formatted citation.
Need a LaTeX bibliography? Use the Export menu (···) and select Export to LaTeX to download a .bib file with all your references. Compatible with Overleaf, TexStudio, and all major LaTeX editors. The latex quote or quotation format for your bibliography is generated automatically per source type.
