MLA Citation Generator

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How It Works

Cite in MLA Format in 4 Steps

No manual formatting, no style-guide hunting - just accurate MLA citations ready to paste.

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Choose Your Mode

Cite a URL/DOI/ISBN, enter source details manually, find sources by topic, or build an annotated bibliography.

2

Enter Your Source

Paste a link or identifier, or type the author, title, year, and publication details for your source.

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Generate MLA Citations

Get a MLA 9th edition in-text citation and full reference instantly, formatted with correct punctuation and italics.

4

Build Your Reference List

Add each source to your MLA reference list, then copy or export the whole bibliography in one click.

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FAQ

MLA Citation Generator FAQ

Everything you need to know about citing in MLA 9th edition.

A MLA citation generator is a free online tool that automatically creates citations and references in MLA 9th edition format. You provide a URL, DOI, ISBN, or the source details, and the tool builds a correctly formatted in-text citation and reference-list entry.
Yes. All citations follow the current MLA 9th edition guidelines, with correctly formatted in-text citations and reference-list entries - the right punctuation, italics, capitalisation, and ordering.
An in-text citation is the short marker placed in the body of your paper that points to a source. The reference is the full entry in your reference list that gives the author, year, title, source, and DOI or URL. This tool generates both for every source.
Yes. Paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN, or switch to manual entry and choose Website, Book, Journal Article, or Newspaper to enter the details yourself. The tool builds the correct MLA reference for each source type.
Yes. You can generate MLA citations free with no sign-up. Sign up free to keep generating beyond the free limit and to build a saved reference list across sessions.
Generate a citation for each source and click Add to reference list. Your sources accumulate in one MLA reference list that you can copy, export to Word, or download as BibTeX.

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