ReferencingMHRA guideGenerator

Free referencing tool · MHRA 4th edition

MHRA journal article reference generator

Create a full footnote, a shortened footnote and a bibliography entry. No registration needed.

Notes and bibliography
Enter your source details

Add the details shown in your source. * marks essential fields. Use “Unknown” if publication details cannot be found.

Author

Use the name as published, including initials if the source uses them.

Use the surname under which this person is indexed. Check the MHRA guide for names with particles, such as “de” or “von”.

More than one author

Use only when the organisation is credited as the author.

Source details

For English titles, capitalise the principal words. Put *asterisks* around a work title that needs italics within the title.

Use the journal’s main title, not the database name.

Enter the year, e.g. 2024, or tick “Unknown year”.

Enter the volume, e.g. 24, or tick “Published online ahead of a volume”.

Include it whenever one is given, even if pagination continues across issues. For example, 2 or 1–2.

Only for an article published ahead of a volume; e.g. 12 March 2024.

Only if the journal has more than one series, e.g. n.s. or 6th ser.

Pages and shortened title

All the pages occupied by the chapter or article, e.g. 104–128.

For a particular quotation or passage, e.g. 108 or 108–110. Leave blank when citing the whole source.

Optional wording for later footnotes. Keep enough of the title to identify this source.

DOI or online access

Include the DOI if one exists, even for a printed journal article. You can paste its doi.org link.

Use a URL only when needed to locate the online source and there is no DOI.

The date you used the page. Required with a URL; omitted when a DOI is used.

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