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An APA citation generator is a software tool that automatically formats academic citations in the American Psychological Association (APA) style. It requests vital details about a source, like the authors, title, and publish date, and output these details with the correct punctuation and layout required by the official APA style guide.
College-level and post-graduate students are most likely to use an APA citation generator, because APA style is the most favored style at these learning levels. In other parts of the world, styles such as Harvard (UK and Australia) and DIN 1505 (Europe) are used more often.
Like almost every other citation style, APA style can be cryptic and hard to understand when formatting citations. Citations can take an unreasonable amount of time to format manually, and it is easy to accidentally include errors. By using a citation generator to do this work, you will:
Our APA generator was built with a focus on simplicity and speed. To generate a formatted reference list or bibliography, just follow these steps:
MyBib's APA citation generator supports:
You can download the formatted list in the following formats:
If you have any questions or need further clarification on how to use the APA citation generator, feel free to ask.
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Daniel Elias is a qualified librarian, former teacher, and citation expert. He has been contributing to MyBib since 2018.
