Check every reference in a thesis, in minutes.
Upload a thesis or synopsis. CiteSure checks each entry in the reference list and every in-text citation, checks that the two match, explains each problem with the guide's own words, and gives you a corrected reference list in Word.
How it works
Three steps, no account. Checks run one at a time, so you may wait briefly in a queue.
Upload
The thesis or synopsis as PDF or Word. Only the text is read; images are ignored.
Check
Every reference and citation is compared with the AUT APA 6th guide and with each other.
Report
A PDF report with each problem, its rule and source, plus the corrected list in Word.
What it checks
Format only: authors, order, punctuation, italics and capitals, as the guide sets them out.
Reference list
Every entry against its source type's template: authors, year, title, journal, volume, pages, publisher.
Italics and capitals
Journal names and volumes in italics, sentence case for titles, headline style for journals.
DOIs and URLs
https://doi.org format, journal homepages instead of article links, retrieval dates where needed.
In-text citations
“&” or “and”, et al., commas, several works in one bracket, page numbers for quotes.
Citations ↔ references
Cited but not listed, listed but never cited, years and spellings that differ.
Corrected list
A corrected, alphabetical reference list in Word, with gaps marked for the student.
Good to know
Private by design
Your file is deleted as soon as the check finishes. The report is deleted once both files are downloaded, when you press Delete now, or after 60 minutes at the latest.
Two levels
Error breaks a rule of the guide. Needs review means CiteSure could not decide, so please look at it yourself.
Every rule has a source
Each problem names the rule it breaks and quotes the guide, with a link to the page.
Format only
CiteSure does not check that a source exists or that its details (authors, year, pages) are true.