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MLA 9 Citation Generator
Paste a DOI, an ISBN or the title. The Works Cited entry comes back in MLA 9 — full names, the title in quotation marks, vol. and no., pp. and the DOI — from CrossRef and Open Library records.
MLA 9 Works Cited entries follow the container system: the author, the title of the source in quotation marks, the container in italics, then vol., no., the year, pp. and the location. Veermat’s generator fetches the publisher’s record for a DOI, ISBN or title and lays it out that way, deterministically. Missing fields shorten the entry and are flagged; nothing is invented. Build the list, copy it into Word, then run the essay through the MLA formatter for the heading block, the running head and hanging indents.
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Last updated: July 4, 2026 · Reviewed by the Veermat team
Reference generator
Built from the publisher's record (CrossRef, Open Library). Nothing is invented: a missing field makes the entry shorter, never made up.
How it works
How to generate an MLA 9 citation in four steps
The fastest way to generate an MLA 9 citation without manual copy-paste, screenshots, or formatting cleanup.
- Step 1
Paste a DOI, ISBN or title
A DOI (10.xxxx/…) or ISBN resolves exactly; a title is matched against the publisher's records and flagged if the match is not certain.
- Step 2
The record is fetched
Authors, year, title, journal or publisher, volume, issue, pages and DOI come from CrossRef and Open Library — nothing is invented.
- Step 3
The entry is formatted
APA 7 or MLA 9 punctuation, italics, initials, en dashes and the DOI link are applied deterministically; a hint marks anything to check.
- Step 4
Copy the list
Entries sort alphabetically as you add them. Copy one or the whole reference list, paste it into Word, then run the paper through the formatter for hanging indents.
In short
An MLA 9 Works Cited entry for a journal article reads: Surname, First Name. “Title of Article.” Journal Title, vol. 28, no. 1, 2009, pp. 9–42, https://doi.org/xxxx. Paste a DOI, ISBN or title into Veermat’s generator and the entry is built from the publisher’s record.
How do I write an MLA 9 citation for a journal article?
Surname, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Journal Title, vol. X, no. Y, Year, pp. A–B, DOI or URL. Two authors are joined with “and”; three or more use “et al.” after the first. Paste the DOI or title into the generator and this is built from the record.
Container system, done right
The parts of an MLA entry in the right order, every time
The MLA container order is where entries go wrong: the year drifts, vol. and no. swap, pp. is missing. Starting from the publisher’s record fixes the order and the punctuation, and switching to APA 7 for another course takes one click.
- Journal articles, books and chapters
- “and” for two authors, “et al.” for three or more
- vol., no., year, pp. and the DOI in MLA order
- Copy one entry or the whole Works Cited list
Features
Why people choose Veermat to generate an MLA 9 citation
DOI, ISBN or title
A DOI or ISBN resolves exactly. A title is matched against CrossRef and flagged when the match is not certain.
MLA 9 punctuation
Full first names, the title in quotation marks, the container in italics, vol. and no., the year, pp. with an en dash, and the DOI.
APA 7 too
The same record formatted as an APA 7 reference entry with one click.
A whole list
Entries collect and sort alphabetically as you add them. Copy the Works Cited list and paste it into Word.
Use cases
Where it helps most
Works Cited for an essay
Every source from its DOI or title, in one list.
Books by ISBN
Author, title, publisher and year from the copyright page.
Fixing a flagged entry
Rebuild it from the DOI and compare.
Switching styles
MLA for English, APA for psychology, the same sources.
Why not just copy-paste?
Veermat vs. doing it manually
Fixing formatting by hand takes ages and rarely comes out consistent. Here's the difference.
Output quality
What the cleaned document looks like
Every entry is built from the publisher's record and formatted to the style guide. Here's what you get.
- Authors, year, title, journal or publisher, volume, issue, pages and DOI from the publisher’s record
- APA 7 or MLA 9 punctuation, italics, initials and en dashes applied the same way every time
- Entries sorted alphabetically as you add them; copy one or the whole list
- A hint on anything to check by eye, such as proper nouns in a sentence-case title
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Frequently asked questions
Does it invent citations?+
No. Entries come from CrossRef or Open Library records. No record, no entry — you get a message instead.
Does MLA need the DOI?+
MLA 9 asks for a DOI or a URL as the location for online sources. The generator includes the DOI as https://doi.org/… when the record has one.
Can it cite a website?+
Not yet — web pages have no publisher record to build from. Use a DOI, an ISBN, or paste the article title.
Build your Works Cited list
Free, no account needed. Then run the essay through the MLA formatter for the heading block, running head and hanging indents.