Citation Consistency Checker
One style, applied everywhere
What it does
Most citation points aren't lost to using the wrong style — they're lost to using two styles at once. Page numbers in some quotes and not others. Italics on one journal title, plain text on the next. An APA date beside an MLA page reference. This tool reads your paper and reference list together and flags every internal inconsistency, quoting each one exactly as written.
It also catches the classic paired failure: sources cited in the text but missing from your reference list, and references listed but never actually cited. Tell it your style — APA, MLA, or Chicago — or let it detect the dominant one.
What it deliberately does not do
It checks consistency, not correctness. Style guides run to hundreds of pages, get revised, and instructors add their own requirements — so this tool will never tell you a citation is “correct.” It tells you where your citations disagree with each other, what the named style generally expects, and gives you a prioritized checklist to verify against the official guide.
Final authority is always the current official style manual and your instructor.
Estimated Credit Usage
Each check uses approximately:
Short paper
Up to ~2,000 words + references
Full research paper
Up to ~7,000 words + references
Pro tip: paste your reference list along with the paper — the cited-but-not-listed check is where the most surprising (and most gradable) problems hide.
Stop losing easy points.
Paste your paper and reference list, and get a checklist of every inconsistency to fix.