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Cite journal articles, books, web pages and clinical trials in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE or Vancouver. Published work is checked against the publisher’s record and screened for retractions. No account needed; a free account keeps your reference list.
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Citation styles
Each style has its own generator and a short guide to how its references are built.
| Style | Edition | Commonly used in | Generator |
|---|---|---|---|
| APA | 7th edition | Nursing, psychology, education, social sciences | APA citation generator |
| MLA | 9th edition | Literature, languages, humanities | MLA citation generator |
| Chicago | 18th edition, author-date | History, business, sciences that use author-date | Chicago citation generator |
| Harvard | Cite Them Right, 12th edition | UK, Australian and many international universities | Harvard citation generator |
| IEEE | IEEE Reference Guide | Engineering, computer science | IEEE citation generator |
| Vancouver | NLM, Citing Medicine | Medicine, health sciences, biomedical journals | Vancouver citation generator |
What is checked on every source
EdCitation does not write references. It looks your source up and formats what the publisher recorded.
The source exists
Authors, year, journal, volume and pages come from the record the publisher filed with Crossref, DataCite, PubMed or Open Library. If no record exists, you are told so.
It has not been retracted
Journal articles are checked against the Retraction Watch database. A withdrawn paper is flagged before it reaches your reference list, and published corrections are linked.
The format follows the current edition
References are set with the open Citation Style Language files that Zotero and Mendeley use. Italics and the hanging indent survive pasting into Word and Google Docs.