Check if your references are complete and properly formatted. Get instant per-entry feedback and an overall quality score.
A missing author, a wrong year, funky punctuation — tiny errors in your reference list can knock points off your grade. This tool scans every entry for the essentials: author, year, title, punctuation, and length. Each reference scores 0–100, and you get an overall completeness percentage for the whole bibliography. Problem entries are flagged in red or amber with specific feedback on what's missing. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your list never leaves your machine. Works with APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard — any style — since it checks the building blocks all reference systems share.
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Paste your references above and click Validate References to see results.
Reference Validator is a Check every entry in your bibliography for missing fields, formatting errors, and style compliance. by ThinkaBell. It runs all processing happens locally in your browser — no sign-up, no file uploads, and no data ever leaves your device.
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