Free MLA Citation Generator
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is widely used in the humanities, especially in language and literature. Our generator follows the MLA 9th edition.
About MLA (9th Edition)
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is widely used in the humanities, especially in language and literature. Our generator follows the MLA 9th edition.
Example MLA citation format
Once you paste a DOI above, you'll see an example formatted in MLA style. The same data can be rendered in APA, MLA, Chicago or Harvard with a single click.
When to use this style — and how to get it right
The MLA citation generator produces references in MLA 9th edition format, the standard across English literature, languages, cultural studies and most US humanities courses. MLA uses author-page in-text citations like (Smith 42) and a Works Cited list at the end of the paper. Our tool follows the latest MLA core elements model, italicising container titles, capitalising titles in title case, and formatting DOIs and URLs exactly as the MLA Handbook recommends.
Use it for MLA Works Cited entries, MLA book citation, MLA website citation, MLA journal article reference, MLA 9th edition citation maker, and quick conversions between MLA and APA.
Frequently asked questions
Is this MLA generator free?
Yes. The Citation Generator is free to use. You only need to sign up if you want to save citations into a Project.
Where does the data come from?
We query Crossref, the largest open registry of scholarly DOIs, and render the output through the official Citation Style Language.