No author
Format for in-text citation
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
For the in-text citation, provide the title followed by the page(s) cited, so long as the page numbering system appears consistently to other users.
In-text citation example
A summary is provided (Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Child Care 213)
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Title of Book. Publisher, Year.
Reference List example
Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Child Care: From Newborn to Preteen. 1st ed. Hearst Books, 1995.
Style notes for this reference type
Elements of citation:
- Title of book (italicised).
- Publisher,
- Publication Date.
See Handbook
- When a book is published without an author’s name, do not list the author as “Anonymous.” Instead, skip the author element and begin the entry with the work’s title.
- Longer titles can be abbreviated within in-text citations (6.10).
- Page numbers in the works-cited list (but not in in-text citations) are preceded by p. or pp. (5.90; 6.16).
- For books, the city of publication is not given, except in special situations (5.67).
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