PERRLA: Simplify Academic Writing & Formatting in APA, MLA, Turabian

Simplify the formatting process

PERRLA handles the formatting so you can focus on your paper

Effortless references & citations

PERRLA creates, formats, & keeps your references up to date as you write. Our human-built reference engine supports every source type in the APA, MLA, and Turabian styles. Perfectly formatted citations and references are just a click away!

Perfect layout & margins

We're more than just references: PERRLA builds a fully styled paper for you – just create it & start writing.

Works everywhere you do

Use PERRLA in Microsoft Word (desktop & web), in PERRLA Online, Google Docs, and with our Google Chrome extension – take PERRLA wherever you write.

Turn in polished Word docs

Wherever you write, PERRLA generates a perfectly formatted Word document that’s ready to turn in. Create Research Papers, Discussion Posts, Reference Lists, and Annotated Bibliographies with confidence.

Don't take our word for it

We've helped 1.5+ million students since 1998

"My professor encouraged it & it's a game-changer! You save so much time with PERRLA..."

Elizabeth L., student & author

"PERRLA has changed my life - yea! It's been life-changing!"

Shayna, student

"PERRLA was great at storing all of the research accumulated through the years..."

James W.

"It helps me formatting my essays & up to date with the latest APA 7th Edition."

Nikita, student

"When you've not been a student...PERRLA helps you do perfect APA papers!"

Yolanda, student & instructor

"I love PERRLA because I used it for my Bachelors, Masters, & Doctorate!"

Nursing Instructor

"I wholeheartedly recommend PERRLA...it has been the best money I've spent in my program!"

Andrew, student

"PERRLA has been a god-send...it has been wonderful!"

Trenay B., Ph.D. student

"PERRLA was spot on it helping me get through some major projects!"

Kevin, Masters student

"APA format was completely foreign to me. Using PERRLA takes all the stress out of formatting."

Kristin, BSN student

"PERRLA was a game-changer for me when I was finishing Nurse Practitioner school!"

Emma, nursing student

"I've done a lot of research on websites to help with citations, and I've not found one better than PERRLA."

Patrick, student

"I love PERRLA because I'm a little chaotic...and bottom line, work smart & not hard!"

Kathleen, Nursing faculty

"As a student who had been out of school for years, it made it a lot easier to get back into APA."

Sara, student

Perfect references & citations

From start to finish – you get perfect papers every time

Search for your book, journal article, and website references by searching for their DOI, ISBN, URL, or author & title.

Use our guided Reference Wizard to create all other APA, MLA, & Turabian reference types.

Save your references for future papers so you don't have to create them again.

See how PERRLA works

PERRLA handles all the formatting

From start to finish – you get perfect papers every time

Image of a research paper with pointers to all the elements formatted by PERRLA

All your writing tools in one place

From start to finish – you get perfect papers every time

Create References while you research

Our Google Chrome Extension makes it easy to create References while doing your research. You can access your entire library anywhere, anytime – even while working on that discussion post!

Build your knowledge library with Research Notes

Save notes, quotes, & text from your references in your PERRLA Library. You can build a knowledge base of your work & research.

Organize your ideas before you write

The Outline Editor in PERRLA Online lets you build an organized outline for your paper before you start writing – making it easy to draft your paper.

The only AI we believe in is Academic Integrity

PERRLA's tools are human-built & human-tested – with zero AI content. We ensure student's content is formatted correctly without generating content for them. All PERRLA papers pass AI detectors with flying colors!

US-based Support available daily

Our Support Team is available every day until 10 pm (Central) to answer all of your PERRLA, writing, & formatting questions. They're experts that can help you dig through the thorniest problem. Reach out anytime!

Why institutions choose PERRLA

Let your students focus on what's most important

Reduce faculty time spent correcting formatting – we handle formatting automatically so faculty can grade substance, not formatting.

Improve student outcomes – easy to use interfaces and intuitive workflows allow students to put their energy into the content of their work.

Evidence for accreditation – timestamped submissions and version history preserve allow students to show their work & progress on assignments.

Scalable for any program – PERRLA licenseing is built to fit your program's size & needs.

Learn more about Institutional Licensing

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Want some help getting started?

Join us every week for PERRLA 101: Getting Started

Every week we host a webinar help you learn how to use PERRLA. You can join us:
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Your writing questions, answered fast.

PERRLA makes for smooth, stress-free writing. Find answers to our most-asked questions below.

Is PERRLA a citation generator or a full writing tool?

Both, really. PERRLA creates and formats every reference and citation in APA 7, MLA 9, and Turabian 9 – but it also sets up your full paper (margins, headers, page numbers, title page, the works) and keeps everything updated as you write. You start writing in a correctly formatted document and end with a Word doc that's ready to turn in.

Is PERRLA AI-generated, and will my paper get flagged as AI?

No on both counts. PERRLA's reference engine is human-built and human-tested – we don't use AI to generate content for you, ever. Your writing stays your writing. PERRLA papers pass AI detectors with flying colors because there's nothing artificial in there to detect.

Who actually uses PERRLA?

Mostly students who care about not losing easy points to formatting – nursing students, grad students, doctoral candidates, and adult learners returning to school. We've helped over 1.5 million students since 1998. If you're writing in APA, MLA, or Turabian, you're our person.

How is PERRLA different from free tools like Zotero, EasyBib, or the citation feature in Word?

Most "free" citation tools (Zotero, Mendeley, EasyBib, even built-in tools) run on the same generic open-source reference engine, which produces the same well-known formatting errors. PERRLA's engine is built by humans reading the actual APA, MLA, and Turabian manuals – every reference type, every weird edge case. We also format the whole paper, not just the citations.

Will PERRLA work with my school's plagiarism or AI checker?

Yes. PERRLA doesn't write any content for you, so there's nothing for an AI detector to catch. Your formatted paper comes out as a normal Word document – your professor sees a paper, not a flagged file.

Can I try PERRLA before paying?

Yes – the free trial is 7 days, full feature access, no credit card required. If you decide PERRLA's not for you, just walk away. If you want to keep going, plans start at $12.95/month. Need more details? Visit the PERRLA Help Center.