APA & MLA citation generator

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For ordinary first-edition print books and stable webpages with one or two named authors and a publication date.

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Authors, in the order shown on the source

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First author: given names

First author: family name

Second author: given names (optional)

Second author: family name (optional)

Title, including subtitle

APA: use sentence case, keeping proper names capitalized. Capitalize the first word after a colon. Titles are kept as entered.

Publication year

Book publisher

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Book DOI (optional, if assigned)

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