Free referencing tool · MHRA 4th edition

MHRA website reference generator

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Notes and bibliography

Enter your source details

Add the details shown in your source. * marks essential fields. Leave the publication date blank if the page is undated.

Author

Who wrote it?

Author first name(s) (optional)

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

Author surname

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

Author 2 first name(s) (optional)

Author 2 surname (optional)

Author 3 first name(s) (optional)

Author 3 surname (optional)

More than three authors — use the first contributor’s name followed by “and others”

Organisation name

Use only when the organisation is credited as the author.

Source details

Web page title

Keep the spelling and capitalisation used on the page.

Website name (optional)

The website is an online publication whose name needs italics, such as a magazine

Publication or updated date (optional)

Give the full date if available, e.g. 12 March 2024. Leave blank for an undated page.

Pages and shortened title

Page(s) you are citing (optional)

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

Shortened title (optional)

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

Chapter or section instead of a page (optional)

For unpaginated sources, e.g. chapter 3. If entered, this replaces the page number.

Web address

URL

Paste the full address of the page you used.

Date accessed

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

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