BibGuru: Free Citation Generator

Generate citations in APA, MLA, Harvard, and hundreds of other citation styles directly on any website!
What is BibGuru: Free Citation Generator?
BibGuru: Free Citation Generator is a Chrome extention that allows students to easily create citations in a wide range of styles including APA, MLA, and Harvard among thousands others. The extension supports citing over 60 different source types. It enables saving and organizing citations into projects and folders and allows one-click addition of references into a bibliography. It also provides capability to export citations to Word or Google Docs. Particularly useful for research and assignment purposes.

Extension stats

By: Paperpile
Users: 70,000+
Rating: 4.54 (24)
Version: 1.0.85 (Last updated: 2022-01-13)
Creation date: 2022-01-10
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • https://*.paperpile.com/*
  • https://*.bibguru.com/*
Size: 2.33M

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BibGuru: Free Citation Generator (v1.0.85)
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Extension summary

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Cite while you research and write directly from Chrome in APA, MLA, and thousands of other citation styles.

This extension works with BibGuru, a free (and ad-free) citation tool designed specifically for students.

With Bibguru, you can:

💻 Search for website, article, and book sources and add them to a bibliography with one click. Use our up-to-date database to search for the sources you're using and add them instantly to a bibliography.

⭐️ Add citations for more than 60 other source types. Create additional citations for source types like textbook chapters, datasets, emails, government reports, and newspaper article.

📔 Create bibliographies in APA, MLA, and thousands of other citation styles. Change the citation style to any major style, as well as thousands of field-, university-, and publication-specific styles.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use and effective for generating citations
  • Fast and accurate tool for citation management
  • Helps with coursework and dissertation tasks
  • Good alternative to other citation generators
  • Revolutionizes writing papers
Cons
  • Sometimes fails to properly display fields for manual entry
  • Ads can be distracting while researching and writing
  • Omissions like accession dates and full journal names in citations
  • Inconsistencies across different browsers
  • Response time from support can be slow
Most mentioned
  • Works well for generating accurate APA citations
  • Users appreciate its ease of use and effectiveness
  • Reports of issues with missing fields and technical glitches
  • Desire for an ad-free version
  • Praise for its value in academic writing
Recent reviews
Worked well until just recently... for some reasons, fields are no appearing properly and I'm unable to fill in manually. Unsure why... I emailed BibGuru a week ago but haven't gotten a response. It was 5 stars, but must now give it one star. I'm trying out an alternative MyBib, which so far seems to be working properly.
by Phil Hendrix, 2024-05-07

by perfait shisoka, 2024-03-04

Love this extension, it revolutionises writing papers. One thing to note is that it doesn't automatically create references if you're viewing pdfs. So make sure to go back to the original webpage that linked you to the pdf and create your references there :) One thing I'd like to note is that I would love to be able to pay for a version without ads. When you're in the zone of researching and writing papers, ad pop ups can be annoying and distracting :(
by Michalina Lisik, 2024-03-02
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Risk impact

BibGuru: Free Citation Generator requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

BibGuru: Free Citation Generator has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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