Citation Generator
Creates APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard citations from a web page, a DOI or an ISBN, and lets you correct every field.
We fetch the page for you. Our server fetches the public address you enter and reads the response. Nothing you enter is stored. Free, no account.
How it works
You need a citation and the style guide is open in another tab. Paste the address, DOI or ISBN and the tool fills the fields from the page's own metadata, Crossref or Open Library. What it cannot find is marked, every field stays editable, and you get APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 and Harvard with in-text forms.
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Paste a web address, a DOI or an ISBN. We read the page's own metadata, the Crossref registry or the Open Library catalogue and fill the fields.
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Anything that could not be found is marked so you know to fill it in. Every field stays editable.
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The citation is formatted in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17 and Harvard at once, with the in-text form for each.
What it does not do
Web pages often have no author or date in their metadata. Check the filled fields against the source.
Styles have edge cases for unusual sources. Follow your institution's guide where it differs.
When a source is busy or a site does not answer, this tool says so. It never fills the gap with a guess.
Questions
Where does the citation data come from?
The tool reads three sources. A web page gives its own metadata, the bits the site publishes for machines. A DOI goes to Crossref. An ISBN goes to Open Library. If a source has no author or date, that field comes back marked instead of guessed, and you can type the correct value yourself.
Why is the author field empty for this web page?
Many pages publish no author or date in their metadata. The tool only fills what the source states, so it marks the field instead of inventing a name. Check the page itself: an author byline, a publication date, a site name. Type what you find. Then check the filled fields against the source before you hand the work in.
Which style should I use, APA or MLA?
Your institution decides. APA 7 is common in psychology and social sciences, MLA 9 in language and literature, Chicago 17 in history and some humanities, Harvard in many UK universities. The tool formats all four at once with the in-text form for each, so you can pick. Where your style guide differs on an unusual source, follow the guide.