How to cite website with no date

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Webpage citations in APA Style consist of five components: author, publication date, title, website name, and URL.

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.

What’s missing?SolutionNothing–No authorUse title in place of author.No dateUse “n.d.” (“no date”) in place of date.No titleDescribe the source in brackets.No author or dateUse title in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.No author or titleUse bracketed description in place of author.No date or titleUse “n.d.” in place of date; describe the source in brackets.No author, date, or titleUse bracketed description in place of author; use “n.d.” in place of date.Generate accurate APA citations with Scribbr

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation

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The Scribbr Citation Generator will automatically create a flawless APA citation


Table of contents

  1. Basic webpage citation format
  2. No author
  3. No date
  4. No title
  5. No author or date
  6. No author or title
  7. No date or title
  8. No author, date, or title

Basic webpage citation format

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No author

APA formatPage title. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URLAPA reference entryAPA citation guidelines. (2020, October 30). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(APA Citation Guidelines, 2020)

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How to cite website with no date

No date

APA formatLast name, Initials. (n.d.). Page title. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (n.d.). APA citation guidelines. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, n.d.)

No title

APA formatLast name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). [Description of page]. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (2020, October 30). [Article about APA citations]. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, 2020)

No author or date

APA formatPage title. (n.d.). Website Name. URLAPA reference entryAPA citation guidelines (n.d.). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(APA Citation Guidelines, n.d.)

No author or title

APA format[Description of page]. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URLAPA reference entry[Article about APA citations]. (2020, October 30). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation([Article about APA citations], 2020)

No date or title

APA formatLast name, initials. (n.d.). [Description of page]. Website Name. URLAPA reference entryStreefkerk, R. (n.d.). [Article about APA citations]. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation(Streefkerk, n.d.)

No author, date, or title

APA format[Description of page]. (n.d.). Website Name. URLAPA reference entry[Article about APA citations]. (n.d.). Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/category/apa-style/APA in-text citation([Article about APA citations], n.d.)

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Caulfield, J. (2022, June 16). No Author, Date, or Title in APA Style | Formats & Examples. Scribbr. Retrieved December 14, 2022, from https://www.scribbr.com/apa-examples/citing-online-sources-no-author-date-title/