Citation Generator

Fill in your source details below and get a correctly formatted reference in APA, MLA, Harvard or Chicago style — copy it straight into your reference list.

Citation style

Source type

Author last name

Author first name / initial

Title

Year published

Publisher / Site name

URL (leave blank if not a website)

Your formatted citation

Fill in the fields above and click "Generate Citation"

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Using This Citation Generator

This tool builds a starting-point citation from the details you provide. It covers the most common source types — websites, books and journal articles — across the four referencing styles used most often at university level.

Always double-check against your style manual

Citation generators are a genuine time-saver, but they can only format what you give them. Always verify author names, dates and titles against the original source, and check the result against your official style guide or your university's library citation pages before submitting — especially for less common source types this tool doesn't cover, like government reports or social media posts.

Not sure which style your course actually wants? Our guide on working out which referencing style your university expects walks through how to tell APA, MLA, Harvard and Chicago apart.