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MLA citation generator.
MLA 9 works cited, free.
Fill in what you know about your source and copy the citation, italics included. There are no ads and no account.
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How it works
What an MLA 9 entry looks like
Book: Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Journal article: Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids.” Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, 1953, pp. 737-38.
MLA uses title case, so capitalize the main words yourself. In-text citations use the author and page number, like (Kahneman 45). Add the page number by hand after you paste. Check the result against your source before you hand it in.
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Questions
Before you start.
How do I cite three or more authors?
MLA lists the first author and “et al.” This generator does that for you.
Do I include the https:// in MLA?
No. MLA drops it from website links, and this generator removes it for you.
What if my source has no author or no date?
Leave those fields empty. The title moves to the front. Look for an organization name first, since it can count as the author.
Will the italics paste into Word or Google Docs?
Copy citation is built to keep the italics. If your editor loses them, italicize the title by hand.
Is anything I type saved?
No. The citation is built in your browser and what you type isn’t stored.
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