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Cite anything in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, OSCOLA, AGLC4 or any of 10,863 official styles. Paste a DOI, ISBN, YouTube link or web page and the details are filled in; anything missing is flagged before you submit. Free, with no account.

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    The official Citation Style Language files, the same ones Zotero and Mendeley use, plus a dedicated AGLC4 engine.

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    Is the citation generator free?

    Yes. Every style, every export and the DOI, ISBN and link lookup are free, with no account and no limit on the number of citations. Your bibliography is saved in your own browser, not on our servers.

    How accurate are the citations?

    The formatting is done by citeproc-js, the same open-source engine Zotero and Mendeley use, running the official Citation Style Language files for 10,863 styles. AGLC4 uses a dedicated engine checked against the Guide's worked examples. The result is only as good as the details, so the generator flags every required field that is empty. Always check the final list against your style guide.

    Which styles can I use?

    APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 18 (notes and author-date), Harvard (Cite Them Right), IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, Nature, ASA, APSA, OSCOLA, the Bluebook and AGLC4 are one click away. Search the box for any of the other 10,863 journal, university and society styles by name.

    Where do the details come from when I paste a DOI or link?

    DOIs come from Crossref and DataCite, ISBNs from Open Library and Google Books, PubMed IDs from NCBI, arXiv IDs from arXiv, YouTube links from YouTube, and web pages from the citation metadata the publisher embeds in the page (the same tags Google Scholar reads). Pages that carry no metadata are filled in as far as possible and the gaps are flagged for you.

    Can I export to Word, Zotero, EndNote or LaTeX?

    Yes. Copy the list with its italics into Word or Google Docs, download a formatted .docx, or export BibTeX for LaTeX, RIS for EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley, or CSL-JSON.

    How do I cite a quote from a video or lecture?

    Add the timestamp in the pinpoint box and paste the quote: the generator formats both for your style. To find the exact wording and the time it was said, get the full transcript of the video with timestamps first.

    Citations are formatted by citeproc-js by Frank Bennett (CPAL-1.0, or AGPL-1.0), the engine behind Zotero and Mendeley, running the official Citation Style Language styles (10,863 styles, commit 2e93558) and locales (commit a89adec), used under CC BY-SA 3.0. AGLC4 citations use the LexIntellect AGLC4 engine, checked against the Guide's worked examples. Always check a citation against the manual or your institution's guide before you submit.