How CitApp works
Three steps, from a link to a finished reference list.
- 1Get the source in
- 2Sort the source into a category
- 3Take the citation out
Step 1Get the source in
Two ways in. Both save the source with author, title and year already filled in.
Enter a link or a PDF
Paste the address of the page, article or DOI. If the PDF is on your computer, drop it in instead.
Highlight text in a document
Highlight the sentence you want right there on the page and save it. The source arrives in CitApp with your quote attached.
Nurse staffing was measured across forty-one hospitals over three years. Higher staffing produced fewer readmissions within thirty days. The study followed up on outcomes after six months.
Step 2Sort the source into a category
New sources land in Unsorted. Move them into a chapter, a research question, a part of the essay — that is how the reference list knows what belongs together.
Categories
On a phone: use the picker on the card.
Move to…Step 3Take the citation out
The citation is already formatted in the style you chose. Two ways out, depending on where you are writing.
Copy it in the app
The in-text citation sits on the card — one click copies it. The whole reference list is one button, free for everyone.
Nurse staffing and patient outcomes
Gehring, D. & Lin, J. · 2023
Click to copy.
Generate reference listInsert it straight into Google Docs
Your sources sit in a sidebar next to the text. Click one and the citation lands where your cursor is.
Stuck?
If CitApp gets the author or the year wrong, fix it with the pencil on the card — and set the right source type, which decides what details the style asks for.