How to Cite a Web Site in APA With No Author, Date, or Page Number

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Start with the references list entry.

   When there is no author, put the title of the article in the author's position.
   
   These will be the first words in your reference-list entry.
   
   The example from the screen shot above shows a title and subtitle, as follows:
   Ecuador:
   History and culture.
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   Step 2: Use (n.d.) when there is no date.

   So now our reference looks like this:
   Ecuador:
   History and culture. (n.d.). , (n.d.).
   
   Select Latin America website. (Note that even though APA follows Merriam-Webster for spelling, the guide deviates from M-W's spelling of "Web site" and uses "website" in the references; see chapter 7 in the manual for examples). , (n.d.).
   
   Select Latin America website.
   
   Retrieved from , (n.d.).
   
   Select Latin America website.
   
   Retrieved May 6, 2012, from , Here is an example:
   Fourteen indigenous groups reside in Ecuador ("Ecuador," n.d., Culture section, para. 2).
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   Step 3: Add the general name (not the URL) for the organization that owns the Web site

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   Step 4: like this: Ecuador: History and culture.

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   Step 5: Add the retrieval Web site

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   Step 6: like this: Ecuador: History and culture.

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   Step 7: Use a retrieval date only if the information on the Web site might change in the future: Ecuador: History and culture.

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   Step 8: Create your parenthetical citation by using the first two or three words of the article title

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   Step 9: in quotes

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    Step 10: and adding a short section title (if available) and a paragraph number.

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