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Shop for the perfect citation.

Paste a link or pick a source below.

Fast lane

Keyboard only: add a source, press Enter, and it tells you what it is.

Enter continue   Tab change type   Esc cancel   Enter on an empty line checks out

Paste a whole list instead

One per line. Add details with bars: link | title | author | year.

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Library health

Finds duplicates, missing details, very old sources and pages that need an archive copy.

Import

Paste BibTeX, or a plain list of references and they go to the fast lane.

Check an essay

Paste your text. cite compares its (Author, Year) citations with this library.

AI prompt log

Save the prompts you might cite, with the tool, model, date and link. Turn any of them into a citation in one click.

Capture from an AI site

Click Cite this page on a ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini chat, then paste here.

Or add one by hand

Credits

Credits per citation depend on the style. Free and premium accounts refill every week.

Settings

When I am ready to cite

Used by the Cite as you go window.

Quiet mode

Keeps a tiny Cite as you go window out of the way while you browse. Use the Cite this page button on any site and cite picks it up when you come back.

Ask me about quiet mode when I open cite

Cite this page button

Paste style

How a copied bibliography looks when you paste it into a document.

House style code

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