Research Guides: Citation Tools: Quick Citation Generators

Want to quickly format a few citations to copy and paste into a paper or bibliography? One of these quick formatting tools may be for you!

× Make sure to check your citation formatting
Before you paste the citations into your paper, check against the Rules and Examples in the NPS Citation Guide.

Top Choices

Free citation generators.

Always verify the formatting against our Citation Guide before using in your document.

zoterobib
"Cite" feature searches for and pulls in data automatically for your citation.
NoodleTools Express
Manual form entry. Pop ups with helpful information appear when filling out the fields.

Other Choices

bibme
APA, MLA, Chicago and Turabian. Manually enter the citation information or use the citation search feature to find the citation data and format it to copy and paste. For Chicago Footnote style you can generate both footnote and reference list citations.