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APA Citation Generator

The APA citation generator is a tool that helps students produce APA style bibliography or reference list for books, periodicals and websites. The generator will arrange sources for you using the APA citation format. In this way, you do not need to go through the tedious process of writing and checking if the works cited APA page conforms to the set rules of APA.

Below is a table of the relevant APA cite details you need to know for every kind of source you used:

APA Citation Entries
#	Books	Website	Journal	Newspaper	Magazine
1	Name of Author/s
2	Date of Publication (if available)
3	Title
4	Place of Publication	URL	Name of the Journal	Name of the Newspaper	Name of the Magazine
5	Publisher	—–	Volume Number	Page nos.	Volume number
6	—–	—–	Issue Number	—–	Issue Number
7	——	—–	Page Number/s	—–	Page Number/s

Using the APA Citation Generator

Using the APA citation generator on this link, http://citationproducer.com/apa-citation, you will be directed to the APA format page that is similar to the box on the right. Then do the ff:

Click the APA button on Style.
Choose the kind of reference you have e.g. book, website, journal, newspaper or magazine.
Enter the detail on the search tab.

APA Citation Generator for Books

Click on “book” to highlight it.

Enter the book title, author or ISBN. Here, we will put “Small is Beautiful” in the search tab:

Then click search. You will then get a search result where you will need to select the actual book that you used like the one here:

After selecting, you will be taken to the edit site or the APA Book Citation Page.

Here you need to edit the entry, taking note of the rule in APA style bibliography where only the first letter of the title and subtitles are capitalized as well as any proper nouns within the title. Also, for the Publisher City, enter the name of the city and the abbreviation of the state like “New York, NY.”

If the book was sourced from online and not read in print, click either web or electronic book. You then need to put the online address.

After editing and completing the entries, click “enter”:

Then you will get your APA book citation, which you will just copy and paste to your APA style bibliography. Do not forget to use a “hanging indent” of 5-7 spaces in the writing of the final reference list:

If you made a mistake, you may click on the “Edit” button to change the citation.

APA Citation Generator for Websites and Periodicals

The APA citation generator for other works like sources from websites, journals, newspapers and magazines are almost the same with the books. You only need to highlight the tab of the type of reference you wish to APA cite. Every time you finish a search, just click on the APA Format on the menu bar to get back to the new search tab.

Websites

With electronic sources, you enter the website address of the article. More often, the title of the article will automatically show but you may need to edit it following the rules on capitalizing of works cited APA format. Add the author, publisher, and the date the website was published or created. If there is no indicated date, add n.d. (no date) on the entry for day or year, and put in the date when you used the site or the retrieval date.

You need not put the retrieval date if the URL has a DOI:

Bergesen, S. (n.d.). “Reverse Logistics, an alternative to environmental deterioration.” Retrieved from http://www.centrorisorse.org/reverse-logistics-an-alternative-to-environmental-deterioration.html

Journal

Clicking the “Journal” tab, you need to enter the journal’s article title. You will then need to put the title of the journal, making sure every first letter of every word is capitalized. Then put in the name of the author, the published year, page numbers, additional info like volume and issue numbers. However, for online journals, you will need to enter the article’s online address:

Malinger, A. (2009). The myth of perfectionism: Perfectionism in the obsessive personality. American Journal of Psychology, 63, 103-131.

Newspaper

Clicking the “Newspaper” tab, enter the title of the newspaper article. You will then enter the name or title of the newspaper, making sure to capitalize like you would do for proper nouns. Put in the name of the author, the published date, pages and the medium, whether in print or from online, which would require an online address:

Kocieniewski, D. (2012, April 28). How Apple sidesteps billions of taxes. New York Times, pp. 1-5.

Magazine

Clicking the “Magazine” tab, enter the magazine’s article title. You then input the name of the magazine, author, published date as well as additional info like volume, issue and page numbers. For online magazines, enter the online address, website name, and the retrieval date:

Walsh, B. (2012, April 24). Cutting carbon means more than fancy bookkeeping. Time, 12(5), 34-36.

Purpose of the APA Citation Generator

Students still need to know the rules when it comes to APA cite referencing. You need to make sure you put in the right details, taking note of the rules in capitalization and even spelling for that matter. The generator merely helps you arrange the details following the APA citation format. In this way, you simplify the task of constantly checking the guide as to the use of abbreviations or the placement of commas and colons, thereby saving you precious time and energy. What you will get is an APA referencing aid that makes the task of documenting your sources easier.

The APA citation generator is easy to use and would be a valuable tool for any student making a research paper. It could be pretty tricky remembering what goes first or last as well as what should be italicized or put in parentheses. With a generator in hand, the process of citing is made easy.