{"id":19980,"date":"2020-11-06T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T09:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/?p=19980"},"modified":"2022-06-16T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T10:59:09","slug":"citing-online-sources-no-author-date-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/apa-examples\/citing-online-sources-no-author-date-title\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cite a webpage with no author, date, or title in APA Style"},"content":{"rendered":"
This article reflects the APA 7th edition<\/strong> guidelines. Click here<\/a> for APA 6th edition guidelines.<\/figure>\n

Webpage citations<\/a> in APA Style<\/a> consist of five components: author, publication date, title, website name, and URL.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some of these components are sometimes missing. For instance, there may be no author or publication date. This article explains how to handle different kinds and combinations of missing information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
What’s missing?<\/th>\nSolution<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nothing<\/a><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No author<\/a><\/td>\nUse title in place of author.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No date<\/a><\/td>\nUse \u201cn.d.\u201d (“no date”) in place of date.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No title<\/a><\/td>\nDescribe the source in brackets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No author or date<\/a><\/td>\nUse title in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No author or title<\/a><\/td>\nUse bracketed description in place of author.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No date or title<\/a><\/td>\nUse “n.d.” in place of date; describe the source in brackets.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No author, date, or title<\/a><\/td>\nUse bracketed description in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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