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How to cite in MHRA
MHRA style comes from the MHRA Style Guide by the Modern Humanities Research Association. It is used in UK universities for English, modern languages, history and film. Citations go in footnotes, and sources are listed in a bibliography. Our generator follows the 4th edition.
Journal article
LeCun, Yann, Yoshua Bengio, and Geoffrey Hinton, ‘Deep Learning’, Nature, 521.7553 (2015), pp. 436–44, doi:10.1038/nature14539
Book
Cormen, Thomas H., and others, Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd edn (MIT Press, 2009)
Website
Coltrera, Francesca, ‘5 Timeless Habits for Better Health’, Harvard Health, 24 September 2025 <https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-timeless-habits-for-better-health-202509243106> [accessed 23 September 2026]
Footnotes
MHRA uses footnotes. The first note for a source gives full details, and later notes use a short form. MHRA uses single quotation marks for article and chapter titles.
First footnote: Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, and Geoffrey Hinton, ‘Deep Learning’, Nature, 521.7553 (2015), pp. 436–44 (p. 437), doi:10.1038/nature14539.
Frequently asked questions
Does MHRA use footnotes or author-date?
The main MHRA system uses footnotes and a bibliography. There is also an author-date version, which you can pick in the style menu.
How do I cite a web page in MHRA?
Give the author, the title in single quotation marks, the site name, the date, the URL in angle brackets and the date you accessed it in square brackets.
How are names written in an MHRA bibliography?
The first author is written surname first, and other authors first name first, for example Cormen, Thomas H., and others.
Does MHRA use and others or et al.?
MHRA writes and others for sources with more than three authors.