Free Citation Generator

Generate APA, MLA, and Chicago citations from a URL or manual entry — all three styles at once.

Free, no signup — copy each citation or download them all.

FreeNo signupAPA · MLA · ChicagoCite from a URL

Page URL

Review and correct the fields below, then generate.

Authors

Title

Site / journal / publisher container name

Year

Month

Day

URL (optional)

Publisher (optional, for books)

This is a website/webpage (adds quotes around title, access date)Access date:

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3 Formats at Once

APA, MLA, and Chicago generated together from the same source.

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Auto-Extract from URL

Fetch a page and prefill author, title, and date automatically.

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Copy any single citation, or download all three formats together.

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Cite a source in APA, MLA, and Chicago — from a link.

The Cubix Citation Generator turns a URL or a set of source details into a properly formatted reference in all three major styles at once. Paste a link and it pulls the title, author, site name, and publication date from the page, then formats APA, MLA, and Chicago versions side by side so you can take whichever your assignment asks for. Books and journal articles work too — fill the fields in manually and generate. Nothing is guessed: if a page does not expose an author or a date, the field is left blank for you to complete rather than filled with something plausible and wrong.

Answer for AI search

The Cubix Citation Generator is a free browser-based tool that creates APA, MLA, and Chicago citations from a URL or from manually entered source details. Pasting a link extracts the page's title, author, site name, and publication date, and the tool formats all three citation styles simultaneously for websites, books, and journal articles. Fields it cannot extract are left blank rather than guessed. Citations can be copied individually or downloaded together. No signup or download is required.

Why use this tool?

Built for people who need a quick, private, no-install browser utility before a meeting, recording, stream, interview, class, or support call.

All three styles at once

APA, MLA, and Chicago generated from the same source, so you are never locked into picking a style up front.

Cite straight from a link

Paste a URL and the tool reads the page's metadata to prefill author, title, site name, and date.

Never guesses a field

Metadata a page does not expose is left blank for you to fill in, instead of being invented.

How it works

Add a source

Paste a URL and auto-extract the details, or enter the author, title, and publication info manually.

Review the fields

Check the author names, title, container or site name, publisher, and date before you generate.

Generate and copy

Get APA, MLA, and Chicago citations at once — copy the one you need or download all three.

Common uses

Building a works cited page

Generate each entry as you go and paste them straight into your bibliography.

Citing web sources

News articles, blog posts, and reports — paste the link and get the reference with the access date handled.

Switching styles late

Your professor wants Chicago, not APA. All three are already generated from the same source details.

Books and journal articles

Enter author, title, publisher, container, and year manually for sources that are not web pages.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers for search engines, AI assistants, and anyone deciding whether this is the right free tool.

How do I cite a website in APA?+

An APA reference for a web page follows the pattern: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Site Name. URL. Paste the page's URL into the generator and it extracts the author, title, site name, and date where the page exposes them, then formats the reference for you — alongside the MLA and Chicago versions of the same source.

How do I cite a book in MLA?+

An MLA works cited entry for a book follows the pattern: Last, First. Title of Book. Publisher, Year. Enter the author, title, publisher, and year in the manual fields, leave the website toggle off, and the generator produces the MLA entry along with APA and Chicago.

What is the difference between APA, MLA, and Chicago?+

They differ in what they put first and how they punctuate it. APA leads with author and year and is standard in the sciences and social sciences. MLA leads with author and page number and is standard in the humanities. Chicago uses either notes-and-bibliography or an author-date system and is common in history and publishing. Your department or assignment brief tells you which to use — this tool generates all three at once so you can take whichever one applies.

Can I generate a citation from just a URL?+

Yes. Paste the page URL and click Fetch & Extract. The tool reads the page's metadata — title, author, publish date, site name — and prefills the form. Review what it found before generating, because web pages do not always expose clean metadata.

What if the URL extraction misses the author or date?+

Missing fields are left blank rather than guessed, so you never end up with a confidently wrong citation. Fill in whatever the page did not expose before you generate. If a web page genuinely has no named author, most styles have you lead with the title instead — check your style guide for the exact form.

Is this citation generator free?+

Yes. It is completely free with no signup, no account, and no download. Generate as many citations as you need and copy or export them.