Citation Generator

Generate properly formatted citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago style. Fill in what you know and copy your citation.

Source Information

Source Type

Author Last Name

Author First Name

Title of Work

Container Title (Journal/Newspaper Name)

Year Published

Publisher

Volume

Issue

Pages

URL or DOI

Access Date (for websites)

APA Format

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MLA Format

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Chicago Format

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Citation Tips

APA Style

Used primarily in the social sciences, psychology, and education. Emphasizes the date of publication. Format: Author, A. A. (Year).

MLA Style

Used in humanities and literature. Author's last name comes first. Titles of short works use quotation marks; long works are italicized.

Chicago Style

Common in history and arts. Offers two systems: Notes-Bibliography (for humanities) and Author-Date (for sciences). This tool generates Notes-Bibliography format.

When to Cite

Always cite direct quotes, paraphrased ideas, statistics, images, data, and any unique concept you got from another source.