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Citation Generator lets you organize, edit, and create entire bibliographies for free.
Citation Generator is trained by experts and always up-to-date with the latest styles.
Our citation maker is simple and instant, so you can create a full bibliography in minutes.
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Yes. In addition to copy/pasting your citations, you can export them to Word.
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The terms “citation,” “reference,” and “bibliography” have some overlap, but there are nuances in their definitions and in how they are used in different styles.
For starters, QuillBot supports over 1,000 citation styles, so you’re sure to find whatever you need for your writing project. However, the most popular citation formats are APA, MLA, and Chicago. Here’s a brief overview of each:
APA stands for the American Psychological Association. It’s most often used in the social and behavioral sciences, which include fields such as psychology, education, business, anthropology, economics, and geography.
MLA stands for the Modern Language Association. This style is mostly used in the humanities, such as history, languages, literature, philosophy, and the arts.
Chicago-style citations are used in the natural and physical sciences, social sciences, and math and for manuscript editing and publication. Fun fact: QuillBot follows Chicago-style formatting conventions. This is because our office is headquartered in Chicago.
A citation is a formal way to acknowledge a source that you used in creating a piece of content.
There are two types of citations: full and in-text citations.
A list of full citations is given on a:
QuillBot’s Citation Generator is carefully tested and monitored by experts to ensure its results are always consistent with the latest styles.
However, if you’d like to double-check your work, you can confirm your formatting is correct using the MLA Handbook, Chicago Manual of Style, Harvard University’s website, the Official Guide to APA Style, or any other official guide for the citation format of your choosing.
Bibliographies, reference pages, and works cited pages are all terms that refer to a list of sources used to create a text. This list typically comes at the end of a document. The term you should use depends on which citation style you are using.