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Cite source with no author

The following table gives some examples of how to cite sources with no author.

When you have . . .

Here's what you do:

Sample Citation

A source with no author

Use the first few words of the title--in quotation marks for article or chapter, in italics for self-contained item

("Mad Cow," 2001)

(Sleep Medicine, 2001)

An edited work with no author

Use editor(s) names in the author position

See guidelines for citing authored works

 

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