Chicago Citation Guide - 17th Edition

FREE?

• You can create citations for free without creating an account
• If you want to save your project or be able to access it from any device, you'll have to create an account

CITATION STYLES

• MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE, AMA, and many more

TYPES OF SOURCES

• Book, anthology, periodical, multimedia, communication, online only, legislation, dictionary entries, patents, and more

OTHER FEATURES

• Just paste in the URL, ISBN, or title and select the appropriate one for citation generation. Manual entry of information is also supported.
• Provides guides such as "How to cite a book in APA" and "What is an Annotated Bibliography" or "What is Plagiarism?"
• Supports multiple languages including Spanish, German, and Portuguese
• Chrome extension available

FREE?

• You can create citations for free without creating an account
• If you want to save your project or be able to access it from any device, you'll have to create an account

CITATION STYLES

• MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Bluebook, etc. (7 total styles)

TYPES OF SOURCES

• Book, anthology, periodical, legislation, YouTube videos, and more (12 citation sources total) 

OTHER FEATURES

• Just paste in the URL for automatic generation of website citations. Manual entry of information is also supported.
• Provides examples such as Example Journal Citation MLA or Example Newspaper Article in APA
• Be careful about the formatting of the citations generated. For example, you may have to create your own "hanging indents" for your paper in Google Docs or in Word.

FREE?

• You can create citations for free without creating an account
• You can create a free account to get additional features like saving and organizing citations

CITATION STYLES

• MLA, APA, Chicago

TYPES OF SOURCES

• Book, anthology, periodical, multimedia, communication, online only, etc

OTHER FEATURES

• Requires you to fill in all information for your source

FREE?

• You can create citations for free without creating an account.
• If you want to save your project or be able to access it from any device, you may need to create a Zotero account or download a Zotero plugin or add-on. These are also free.

CITATION STYLES

• MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE, AMA, and many more

TYPES OF SOURCES

• Book, anthology, periodical, multimedia, communication, online only, legislation, dictionary entries, patents, and more

OTHER FEATURES

• To add a source, paste or type its URL, ISBN, DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, or title into the search box. Manual entry of information is also supported.
• You can copy and paste your reference list or works cited list to RTF or any word processing program.
• You can also download a Chrome connector to be able to add references through your browser. Zotero also offers a number of plugins to help organize your research.

There are a LOT of options for citation generators. Some are free and some require that you create an account to access additional features such as storing unlimited citations.

How to choose?

1. Does it offer the citation style you need? APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian
2. Is the citation style edition the correct one? MLA 9th, APA 7th, etc.
3. Are citations generated automatically or will you need to manually input the information?
4. Will you need to create an account to access the features you want?
5. Are the generated citations accurate?