Web page with no author


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Format for in-text citation

In-text citation example

Greenblatt (13) argues that…



Format for reference list

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

13. Title of web page [Medium]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication [updated Year Month Day; cited Year Month Day]. Available from: URL

Reference list example

13. Ecocen fossils [Internet]. Colorado: Colorado Mountain College; 1998 Jan 1 [updated 1998 Aug 1; cited 2010 Dec 10]. Available from: http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_rfl/staff_rfl/kohls/eocene.shtml


Style notes for this referencing type

  • Medium = [Internet]
  • If no place of publication can be found but can reasonably be inferred, place the city in square brackets. Example: [Melbourne]
  • If no publisher can be found, use [publisher unknown]
  • If no date of publication can be found, use the copyright date preceded with ‘c’ Example: c2010.
  • If no dates can be found, use date cited.

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