Citation styles

Your citation style choice controls bracket or author–date formatting and how the bibliography sorts in the exported Word file. Set it when you start the document so the first draft matches the rubric you need to hit.

Supported styles

1. APA 7th — Psychology, education, and most social-science coursework.
2. MLA 9th — Humanities, literature, and language programs.
3. Chicago — History, fine arts, and publishing-heavy programs (follows the product’s Chicago preset).
4. Harvard — Common UK and Australian academic expectations.
5. IEEE — Engineering, computer science, and technical reports.
6. No citations — Personal essays, blog drafts, or internal memos where a bibliography is not required.

Rules that still apply

1. Pick before you generate — The builder locks formatting expectations into your document. Switching styles mid-document is not supported; start a new document with the correct style.
2. Sources still need to be real — Style controls punctuation and layout, not whether a source exists.

Next step

Start a new guided essay and choose the style on the requirements step before you approve the outline.