How to Use Our Free Citation Generator

Creating accurate citations has never been easier. Our citation generator supports 100+ citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, and dozens of journal-specific formats. Whether you're writing a research paper, thesis, or essay, we help you build a properly formatted bibliography in seconds.

Auto-Cite from Any URL

Paste any web address, DOI, ISBN, PubMed ID, arXiv link, YouTube URL, or Wikipedia article into the auto-cite field. Our system automatically extracts the title, author, publication date, and other metadata needed for your citation. We use multiple metadata sources including Open Graph, Dublin Core, JSON-LD structured data, and specialized academic APIs for the most accurate results.

Manual Entry for Full Control

Switch to the Manual Entry tab to input citation details yourself. Choose from 15 source types — website, book, journal article, newspaper, magazine, conference paper, thesis, report, book chapter, film/video, podcast, patent, legal case, government document, or encyclopedia entry — and fill in the relevant fields. Required fields are marked with an asterisk.

Switch Styles Instantly

Already built your bibliography in APA but your professor wants MLA? No problem. Select a new style from the dropdown and all your citations are reformatted instantly. No need to re-enter anything.

Export Anywhere

Copy individual citations or your entire bibliography to paste into your document. Need to import into a reference manager? Export your citations as BibTeX or RIS files compatible with Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, and other tools.