Citation Generator

Build a properly formatted APA, MLA, or Chicago citation for a website, book, or journal article.

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Fill in the fields above to generate a citation.

This covers common cases for up to 3 authors per source. For organizational authors, sources with neither an author nor a date, or more than 3 authors, check your style guide (e.g. the Purdue OWL) for the specific rule — this tool doesn't cover every edge case. Everything is generated locally in your browser.