Whether you’re writing a paper or a book, creating a bibliography can be an excruciating process. There are certain ways to do it, certain things that have to get done, little things that have to be satisfied or else you’re in horrible trouble. Or something.

There’s been a number of bibliography-creation tools that have popped up on the Interweb recently, and I want to point you to a personal favorite: BibMe.

BibMe is both the simplest and the best bibliography creator I’ve ever used. To use it, you choose what your source is: book, magazine, newspaper, website, journal, film, or other. Then, you enter in keywords (usually author or title), and BibMe finds the results for you.

Once it’s found results, you choose the one you meant. Then, you have the option to either accept or edit the information in the source (it is wrong, every once in a while), and then add it to your bibliography.

If your source can’t be found, there’s also a manual entry mode. If you enter the relevant information, BibMe will format it properly for you- a timesaver in itself.

BibMe creates a bibliography for you, that can be saved, exported to Word, or converted between four formats: APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian. Some publishers or professors are sticklers for a certain type, and BibMe’s got them all covered.

Saving and exporting require creating a free account, which is worth doing. It means you can create as many bibliographies as you need, and reference any of them later.

BibMe also has a "Suggested Further Reading" list, right below your bibliography. It tells you about similar media to the ones you’ve listed, and might enjoy. It’s helpful for research, and is a useful recommendation tool.

If you create bibliographies, "Works Cited" pages, or anything of the sort on a regular basis, do it with BibMe. Your sanity will thank you.