Citation Generator
APA 7 and MLA 9 citations for websites, books and journals โ free.
About this generator
Pick the source type and style, fill the form, copy the citation โ with hanging-indent preview, both author-name conventions handled (APA initials, MLA full names), and n.d. supplied when the year is missing, per the manuals.
Citing without tears
The two styles encode different priorities: APA (social sciences) puts the year up front because currency matters; MLA (humanities) keeps full names and page numbers because the text itself is the object. The mechanical errors that cost marks, all handled here: italics belong on the CONTAINER (site, book, journal) not the article title; APA wants initials while MLA wants full first names; and titles get sentence case in APA references but headline case in MLA. Honest scope, stated plainly: multiple authors, DOIs, editions and no-author pages have manual-specific rules a one-form tool can't fully capture โ treat the output as a correct skeleton and check odd cases against your course guide. Title case handles the capitalisation half, and no, citation style points are never coming back once lost.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between APA and MLA?
APA (social sciences) leads with the year and uses author initials; MLA (humanities) uses full names, quoted article titles and page numbers. Your course tells you which โ the toggle does the rest.
What gets italicised in a citation?
The container: website name, book title, journal name. Article and page titles sit in plain text (APA) or quotes (MLA). Note that copied plain text loses italics โ re-apply them in your document.
What if there's no author or date?
No author: the title moves into the author position. No date: APA writes n.d. (the generator does this automatically). Both are common for web sources and fully legitimate.
Are these citations guaranteed correct?
The common cases follow APA 7 and MLA 9 faithfully; edge cases (many authors, editions, DOIs) have extra rules a simple form can't capture. It's a correct skeleton โ check unusual sources against the manual.