Reference Formatter
Paste in a messy reference list, one entry per line, and this tool tidies inconsistent spacing and punctuation, capitalizes the start of each entry, and sorts the whole list alphabetically in a single pass.
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What gets fixed
Extra spaces collapse, missing spaces after punctuation get added, stray spaces before punctuation disappear, and each entry starts with a capital letter.
What stays the same
This tool won’t rewrite entries into a specific citation style -- build those with our Citation Generator first, then paste the results here to tidy and sort them.
Your text stays private
This formatter processes everything on your own device. Nothing you paste is ever uploaded, logged, or stored.
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