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Enter a URL, DOI, title, author or source details and create a properly formatted citation for your reference list. Built for students who need fast, simple and reliable citations.
Create citations for webpages, books, journal articles, videos, reports, PDFs and online articles — the sources students use most often.
Format APA references for essays, psychology papers, education assignments, business reports, nursing research and social science projects.
Copy each citation into your bibliography, references page or works cited list and keep your formatting consistent from start to finish.
Citing sources should not slow down your paper. Add the source information you have, choose your style and generate a citation you can copy in seconds.
Select APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard. If your instructor asks for APA, use the APA citation generator to create an author-date reference for your bibliography.
Create APA citations for websites, books, journal articles, videos and reports. APA is one of the most common styles for academic writing.
Generate citations for free without creating an account. No trial, no credit card and no extra steps just to format a reference.
Switch between popular citation styles so your references match your course, publication or school requirements.
Cite the sources students actually use: webpages, books, ebooks, academic journals, PDFs, videos, news articles and reports.
Use citations to support both in-text references and your final bibliography, so readers can trace every quote, paraphrase and idea.
Citation generators save time, but you should always review the final result for missing authors, dates, page numbers, DOIs and formatting rules.
Create references for the sources you use every day: websites, books, academic journals, reports, PDFs, videos and online articles.
Yes. Winston AI’s citation generator is free to use and does not require an account, credit card or trial. You can generate APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard citations directly on the page.
Yes. Choose APA and enter your source details to create an APA-style reference. APA is commonly used in education, psychology, business, nursing and the social sciences.
You can cite websites, books, ebooks, journal articles, videos, reports, PDFs, news articles and other common academic sources. Add the author, date, title, publisher, URL or DOI when available.
No. The citation generator is designed to be used without creating a Winston AI account. You can generate and copy citations without logging in.
No citation generator can replace your instructor’s exact requirements. Use it to format citations quickly, then double-check capitalization, punctuation, dates, DOI details and any school-specific rules.
Citations show where your ideas came from, help readers verify your claims and give credit to original authors. Proper citations also reduce the risk of accidental plagiarism.
Yes. AI writing tools can invent sources or create references that look real but do not exist. Always verify that each source is real and cite the original material you actually used.
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