Citation Generator (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE)
Format a source in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago (notes or author-date), Harvard or IEEE: the reference entry, in-text citation or footnote, with italics marked.
Italicize in your document: "The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action". Copied plain text cannot carry italics.
Every course or journal wants its own citation style, and the details trip people up. This generator formats one source in the five styles students and researchers meet most: APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago (notes and bibliography or author-date, 17th or 18th edition), Harvard as taught by Cite Them Right, and IEEE. You get the reference entry, the in-text citation or footnote and an HTML version with the italics marked. You type the details yourself, so nothing is fetched from the internet.
How to use this tool
- Pick the style your instructor or journal asks for.
- Choose the source type and enter the authors, one per line, as Family, Given names.
- Fill in the title, date, journal or website, volume, issue, pages, publisher and DOI or URL; empty fields are simply left out.
- Copy the entry and the in-text citation; italicize the parts named in the note.
Formula
APA: Author, A. A. (2020). Title. Journal, 8(3), 1–9. · MLA: Author, First. “Title.” Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, 2020, pp. 1–9. · Chicago: Author, First. “Title.” Journal 8, no. 3 (2020): 1–9. · Harvard: Author, A. (2020) ‘Title’, Journal, 8(3), pp. 1–9. · IEEE: [1] A. Author, “Title,” Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1–9, 2020.
Each style has its own rules for authors: APA and Harvard use initials, MLA and Chicago full given names, IEEE initials first. Et al. starts at three authors in APA, MLA, Chicago 18 notes and in-text; at four in Harvard (Cite Them Right) and Chicago 17; at seven in IEEE. MLA and Chicago shorten page ranges (112–14, 165–76), and MLA drops https:// from URLs.
Example
The book by Lynne M. Jackson, The psychology of prejudice (2nd ed., American Psychological Association, 2019) becomes, in APA: Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000, cited as (Jackson, 2019). Switch the style to MLA and the same details give Jackson, Lynne M. The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action. 2nd ed., American Psychological Association, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000.
Frequently asked questions
Which style should I use?
The one your instructor, department or journal names. Psychology and social sciences mostly use APA, humanities MLA or Chicago notes, history Chicago notes, UK universities often Harvard, and engineering IEEE.
Can it look up a DOI or ISBN?
No. It formats what you enter and does not contact any database, so check the details against the source itself.
Why is Chicago offered in two editions?
The 18th edition (2024) changed the author rules: et al. now starts at three authors in notes and in-text citations, and bibliographies list up to six names. Some courses still follow the 17th, so pick the one you were told to use.
Sources
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