MLA 9 and Chicago citation generator

Switch between MLA 9 and Chicago with the style menu. MLA is standard in English and humanities classes; Chicago is common in history.

Style

Source type

Authors (Last, First — one per line)

Year

Title

Website / publisher / journal

Volume

Issue

Pages

Edition / place

URL or DOI

Accessed (web)

MLA 9 format essentials

Heading on the first page (top left): your name, instructor, course, date. No title page unless requested.
Last name and page number in the top-right header.
"Works Cited" on a new page, alphabetical, double-spaced, with hanging indents.
In-text: (Author page), e.g. (Morrison 45). No comma, no "p."

Chicago essentials

Chicago notes-bibliography uses footnotes for citations and a bibliography at the end. The author-date version looks like (Author Year, page). Ask your instructor which one they want.