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Click Citation style on the search bar and choose your format — APA 7th edition, Harvard, MLA 9th, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver, OSCOLA, or any of the 19 supported styles. Switch at any time and your entire bibliography reformats instantly.
Select a source type from the tabs: Journal article, Book, Webpage, Report, or Thesis. This filters results to match your source — the same way Scribbr, Cite This For Me, and MyBib work.
Type a title, author, paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN and click Cite. The generator returns matching results — click Cite this next to the correct one.
Each citation is added to your reference list below the search bar. The in-text citation appears in a chip — click it to copy. When done, copy the full bibliography or export to Word, LaTeX (.bib), or clipboard.
This free citation generator supports 19 referencing styles used at UAE universities and globally. Here are the most common ones and where to use them:
The most common citation style at UAE universities — UAEU, ADU, Zayed, HCT. Used for business, social sciences, nursing, and psychology. Format: Author, A. A. (Year). Title. Publisher.
Standard for CIPD assignments, UK-validated programmes, and HCT. Author-date format similar to APA but with different punctuation. Format: Author (Year) Title. Publisher.
Used in humanities, literature and English-medium programmes. Produces a "Works Cited" page. Format: Author. Title. Publisher, Year.
History, arts and law programmes. Two systems: Notes-Bibliography (footnotes) and Author-Date. Turabian is the student version of Chicago.
Engineering and computer science standard at Khalifa University, UAEU and HCT. Numbered reference list format: [1] A. Author, "Title," Journal, vol. X, 2023.
Biomedical and health sciences. Numbered in-text citations [1] with numbered reference list. Used in nursing and medicine programmes.
This citation generator handles every source type. Select the right type to get the most accurate citation:
Paste the DOI or full article title. For articles found on Science Direct, PubMed, JSTOR, or Google Scholar — paste the DOI (e.g., 10.1016/j.xyz...) for the most accurate result. The generator returns exact author names, journal, volume, issue, and page range.
Paste the ISBN (found on the back cover) for any book citation. Works for textbooks, edited volumes, and e-books. The generator retrieves publisher, place of publication, and edition automatically.
Paste the full URL of any webpage — news article, government website, institutional report, blog post. The generator extracts the site name, page title, publication date, and access date for the citation.
For government reports, WHO publications, World Bank data, OECD reports, and organisational grey literature. Cite by title or paste the report URL.
For citing published theses from ProQuest, institutional repositories, or university databases. Enter the thesis title and institution for a correctly formatted citation.
Need a LaTeX bibliography? Use the Export menu (···) and select Export to LaTeX to download a .bib file with all your references. Compatible with Overleaf, TexStudio, and all major LaTeX editors. The latex quote or quotation format for your bibliography is generated automatically per source type.
