Citation Formatter
Format citations and bibliographies in any academic style accurately. Converts source information into properly formatted in-text citations and bibliography/reference list entries for all major academic styles.
Usage
Provide the source details (author, title, year, publisher, URL, etc.) and specify the citation style. You can submit individual sources or batch-format an entire reference list. The formatter handles books, journals, websites, videos, and other source types.
Parameters
- Source info: Author, title, year, publisher, URL, DOI, etc.
- Style: APA 7th, MLA 9th, Chicago (Notes/Author-Date), IEEE, Harvard, Vancouver
- Output: In-text citation, Bibliography entry, or Both
- Source type: Book, Journal article, Website, Video, Report, Thesis, etc.
Examples
- Journal Article APA: Format a multi-author journal article with DOI into both an in-text citation "(Smith et al., 2024)" and full reference list entry with hanging indent.
- Book Chapter Chicago: Create a Chicago Notes-Bibliography footnote for a chapter in an edited volume, showing both the shortened and full note formats.
- Website MLA: Format a webpage citation handling missing author, corporate authorship, and last-accessed date requirements per MLA 9th edition rules.
- Batch Conversion: Convert a list of 20 sources from APA to Chicago style, flagging any entries that need additional information for the target format.
Guidelines
- Citations follow the latest edition of each style guide exactly
- Punctuation, italics, capitalization, and ordering match the style specification
- Special cases are handled: no author, corporate author, multiple editions, translations
- DOIs are formatted as full URLs per current APA guidelines
- In-text citations include page numbers when referencing specific passages
- Hanging indents and formatting notes are included for word processor setup
- Differences between similar styles are explained (e.g., APA vs. Harvard)
- Common mistakes for each style are flagged (e.g., MLA no longer uses URLs by default)