Citation & References
MLA Citation Generator
Enter a DOI to pull the article’s Crossref record, correct any details, and get an MLA 9 Works Cited entry with a matching in-text citation.
For students, researchers, authors, editors & publishers
Practical online tools for the busywork of research, writing and publishing
Formatting a reference, tidying source details, getting an identifier into the shape a style guide expects: small jobs that eat into time meant for reading and writing. Scholarly Toolkit collects focused tools that take the information you already have and give back something ready to use. Citation comes first, with more tools added as each one is finished.
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10.1126/science.1157784Works Cited entry
Renear, Allen H., and Carole L. Palmer. "Strategic Reading, Ontologies, and the Future of Scientific Publishing." Science, vol. 325, no. 5942, 2009, pp. 828-832, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1157784.
In-text citation
(Renear and Palmer 830)
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Style rules and format conventions are exacting and dull to apply by hand. Let a tool apply them, and spend your attention checking the result instead of typing it.
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MLA Citation Generator
Built for anyone citing journal articles in MLA style. Start with a DOI and finish with a Works Cited list you can drop into your paper.
- Paste a DOI to retrieve the article’s metadata from Crossref: authors, title, journal, volume, issue, year and pages.
- Review and edit every field before formatting, or type the details in yourself if a DOI isn’t registered with Crossref.
- Generate an MLA 9 Works Cited entry and a matching in-text citation, with an optional page number.
- Keep a list of citations in your browser and export it as a Word Works Cited page or a BibTeX file.
- Input
- A DOI, or details entered by hand
- Metadata source
- Crossref REST API
- Style
- MLA 9th edition, journal articles
- Exports
- .docx Works Cited page, BibTeX
Common questions
Tool-specific questions are answered on each tool’s page. More about the project is on the About page.
Do I need an account, or do I have to pay?
No. The tools published here are free to use and don’t ask you to sign up or install anything.
Which tools can I use right now?
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What happens to the information I enter?
In the MLA Citation Generator, the DOI you enter is used to request that work’s record from Crossref. Citations you save are stored in your own browser’s local storage, not in an account, so they stay on the device you used.
Can I submit the output without checking it?
Treat every result as a carefully prepared draft. Source records sometimes contain gaps or errors, and instructors, journals and publishers can add their own requirements, so give the output a final read before you hand it in.
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