Paste the text and reference list together to find citations that do not line up. Works with APA and Harvard author–year citations.
Text and files stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Check the result against your document before using it.
Paste a paper to start.
Paste the paper and its reference list in one box. The checker looks for APA and Harvard author–year citations such as “(Smith, 2020)” and “Smith (2020)”, then compares them with entries at the end of the paper.
If it picks the wrong start of the reference list, set the line number yourself. Results point back to the text so you can check missing, unused or mismatched entries. This does not confirm that a source exists.
Example: (Smith, 2020) in the body should match a Smith entry dated 2020 in the reference list. A 2021 entry is flagged for review. This is an APA and Harvard citation-to-reference matching tool, not an MLA, numbered-citation or source authenticity checker.
Paste the body and reference list together, check where the references begin, then select Check citations. Review each missing match, unused reference and possible author or year mismatch.
Yes, for matching APA and Harvard author–year citations to a reference list. It does not search source databases, verify DOIs or check every citation-formatting rule.
No. This checker targets author–year patterns such as (Smith, 2020) and Smith (2020), rather than MLA author–page or numbered styles.