APA Citation Generator
Free online APA citation generator. Generate APA 7th edition style citations for books, journal articles, websites, and more.
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About the APA Citation Generator
Our free APA citation generator creates accurate references in APA 7th edition format, the style required by most psychology, education, nursing, and social science courses. Enter the details of a book, journal article, website, or other source and the tool builds a correctly formatted reference list entry with proper author order, publication year, italics, and a hanging indent, plus a matching in-text citation. APA formatting has dozens of small rules about capitalization, punctuation, and author names that are easy to get wrong by hand, so this tool handles them for you and helps you avoid losing marks for formatting. Everything runs in your browser, so your sources and unpublished work stay private. There is no signup, no watermark, and no limit on how many citations you can generate.
Features
- Website, Book, and Journal article modes
- Dynamic multiple author fields
- Live reference and in-text citation formatting
- Session bibliography compilation and download
- APA-style citation drafts for supported source fields
How to use this tool
The APA Citation Generator works right in your browser — no signup, no installation. Follow these steps:
- Choose the source type (Website, Book, or Journal Article).
- Enter author details (add multiple authors or toggle Corporate Author).
- Fill out remaining details like title, publisher, date, or URL.
- Copy the full citation or in-text reference, or save to your bibliography.
Frequently asked questions
What is APA style?
APA style is a citation standard created by the American Psychological Association, widely used in the social sciences, business, and education fields.
How do I cite multiple authors in APA 7th edition?
For two authors, separate names with an ampersand (&). For three or more authors, cite the first author followed by "et al." in the in-text reference, but list up to 20 authors in the bibliography entry.
Using the results
The APA Citation Generator produces exactly what you need on demand, with options that put you in control of the output. Generation happens in your browser, so it is instant, repeatable, and completely private — nothing is uploaded.