Citation generator

Fill in the fields, get a correctly formatted reference in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, or Harvard - plus the in-text form. Deterministic formatting, no AI hallucinated page numbers.

  • 4 styles
  • Website, book, journal
  • Runs in your browser

Reference + in-text form · copy button per style

What this does and doesn't do

The formatting is deterministic - the same fields always produce the same reference, built by code, not by a model that can invent a page number. What it doesn't do is verify your metadata: a wrong year in, a wrong year out. Check titles and dates against the source before you paste.

Style details: APA 7 hangs indents in your reference list (paste into a document and apply hanging indent there - plain text can't carry it). MLA 9 drops publishers for most web sources. Chicago here is the author-date system; Harvard follows the common UK variant.

If you're citing your own content because you're writing something worth citing, the next question is whether AI answer engines mention you. Check your AI-readiness or start a visibility trial.