Formatting citations correctly according to a specific style guide is finicky — small details like punctuation placement, capitalization rules, and element order differ between styles and are easy to get slightly wrong. This tool builds both APA and MLA formatted citations for a web source from the same set of details.
Fill in the author, title, site or publisher, year, and URL once, and both citation formats generate side by side, ready to copy into a reference list or works cited page.
Citation style rules do have edge cases — multiple authors, missing dates, or unusual source types — that this simplified generator doesn't cover exhaustively, so always cross-check against your institution's specific style guide for anything beyond a standard single-author web source.
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If you find yourself needing this often, keeping this page open in a tab is usually faster than digging through a bigger software suite's menus.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between APA and MLA?
APA (used commonly in social sciences) emphasizes the publication year prominently, while MLA (common in humanities) puts more weight on the author and title — the exact punctuation and ordering differ between the two.
Does this handle books or journal articles too?
This version is built specifically for web sources; books and journal articles follow different citation templates with additional required fields.