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Paste a link to auto-fill a citation, bulk-import your messy source list, write IRAC legal answers, and export your reference page, essay outline or IRAC answer straight to Word — APA 7, MLA 9, Bluebook (USA) and McGill Guide (Canada).
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The Easy Citation Helper
Your citation
Fill in the boxes and press Format My Citation. You'll get two things: the long citation for your reference page, and the short one that goes right after your quote.
Example patterns
- APA book: Smith, J. (2024). The history of writing. Oxford University Press.
- MLA website: Smith, Jane. "How to Write a Thesis." Khan Academy, 2024.
- Bluebook case: Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
- McGill statute: Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 265.
Projects — one list per class or assignment
My sources
Every source you save to this project is collected here, already in alphabetical order — that's exactly how your reference page has to look.
Nothing saved in this project yet. Format a citation above, then press Save to my list to build your reference page one source at a time.
Bulk paste import
Already have a messy list of sources in your notes? Paste it here — one source per line — and PaperzWiz cleans it up, formats every line in APA and adds it to My sources in alphabetical order.
Guessing from plain text is never perfect — open any source in the list below and press Edit to fix an author or year.
How PaperzWiz works
Five small steps replace an hour of guessing at commas and staring at a blank document.
2. Say what you're citing
A book, web page, journal article, news story, YouTube video, or your teacher's lecture notes. PaperzWiz then asks only for the boxes that source actually needs.
3. Get both citations
The long one for your reference page, plus the short in-text one that goes right after your quote — with the exact commas, periods, and italics your rubric checks for.
4. Build your reference page
Keep a separate project for every class, paste in a whole messy list at once, edit any source later, then download a hanging-indent reference page as a real Word (.docx) file.
5. Outline before you write
Use the Essay Structure Wizard to plan a thesis, three body paragraphs with evidence, and a conclusion in under ten minutes — it saves as you type and exports to Word.
6. Answer law problems in IRAC
Law students can draft Issue, Rule, Application and Conclusion in the IRAC framework, watch the live preview build, and download the finished answer as .docx or .txt.
Why citation formatting matters for your grade
Teachers and professors use citations to check that your research is real. A works cited page with the wrong italics, a missing period, or authors listed in the wrong order is one of the most common reasons students lose easy points — and in serious cases, an uncited source can be treated as plagiarism. Learning the pattern once makes every future paper faster, which is why PaperzWiz shows you the finished citation instead of hiding it behind a paywall. Copy it, compare it to your class handout, and you will start recognising the rules yourself.
Why an outline makes writing easier
The hardest part of any school paper is the first sentence. An outline removes that problem: once your thesis and three main points with evidence are written down as short notes, the essay becomes a matter of expanding what you already decided. The Essay Structure Wizard walks you through the standard five-paragraph format used in almost every English, history, and science class, shows a live preview as you type, and lets you copy or download the finished plan to Google Docs or Word.
Frequently asked questions
Everything students ask us about citations, privacy, and grades.
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