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Free Citation and Bibliography Generators on the Internet

What is citation?

When you take information from someone else’s work that is not yours, you are required to cite it. Citation is the process to give credit to someone for their work that has been used in your work to support the research from someone else’s work. It gives an impression to the reader that proper research has been performed by the researcher to get the relevant information while working on their project. Citation is necessary for the reader to track down the following information: • Author’s name • Title of the book • Page number • Name of publisher • Date of publication • Volume number of the book

What is bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of all the sources that you have used during your research. It must include the following: • Author’s name • Titles of the work • Name and location of the publication • Date of publication • Page number of your sources

What is the difference between citation and bibliography?

Some people confuse citation with bibliography but actually they are two completely different terms that are used in research methodology. Citation is a reference to published or unpublished source, whereas bibliography refers to the list of books and journals referred to by the researcher in writing thesis or dissertation. It is a list that contains all the books in alphabetical order showing the name of the author of the book or title of the book.

Why to cite?

When someone extracts information from an external source, it is necessary to cite. There are many reasons that make citation an important part of your research:

1. When an external source is being used in the research, the credibility of the work increases. If readers do not see your research as credible research, they are most likely to dismiss your idea, no matter how articulately you have presented it.
2. Citing a source in your work not also increases the credibility of your writing, but also shows that author has performed thorough research before writing.
3. Undocumented utilization of someone else’s work is plagiarism that is considered a crime. So crime like plagiarism can be avoided by citing sources.

Why to write bibliography?

Biblio means “relating to a book or books” while graphy means “descriptive science.” Bibliography is necessary to claim that you fetched your research from reputable sources. The reasons of writing a bibliography is same as citation.

Where to find free citation generator?

When a person has to cite his source and he is not familiar with citation procedure, there are free mla citation maker available on the web. You can find a citation generator and cite your work by following simple steps. For instance, you want to cite your source in MLA format then you need to follow these steps to get your free citation in no time.

1. Open your browser and type “free citation generator” or “cite online in MLA format for free” and hit enter.
2. The search engine will provide you with several links right after you hit the enter button. Click on the link that you think is the most relevant. It’s not necessary that you will get the best link on the first page. Sometimes you need to scroll on next pages, too.
3. After clicking on the most appropriate link you will be redirected to the free citation generator.
4. After finding the citation generator on the page, enter all the accurate information that is necessary to create the proper citation.
5. Choose the MLA citation and hit the ‘enter’ button.
6. Your citation will be generated in MLA format in just a single click and free of cost.

Where to find free bibliography generator?

If students are not familiar with writing bibliographies, there are softwares and websites that helps them to generate them in no time with no money required.

1. Open your browser and type ’free bibliography generator“
2. The search engine will provide you with list of all the free bibliography generators that are available on the internet.
3. Click on the link that you think will give you the most accurate results. You can try several generators.
4. When you find the most appropriate generator, add the necessary information required to generating a bibliography.
5. Download your bibliography in whatever format you want.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Monica Walton .