How to Cite Something You Found on a Website in APA Style: What to Do When Information Is Missing
Reference template
What’s missing?
Solution
Position A
Position B
Position C
Position D
Retrieved from http://URL Nothing; I’ve got all the pieces n/a
Author, A.
(date).
Title of document [Format].
Author is missing
Substitute title for the author
Title of document
[Format].
(date).
Retrieved from http://URL
Date is missing
Use “n.d.” for no date Author, A.
(n.d.).
Title of document [Format].
Retrieved from http://URL Title is missing
Describe the document inside square brackets
Author, A.
(date).
[Description of document].
Retrieved from http://URL Author and date are both missing Combine author and date methods
Title of document
[Format].
(n.d.).
Retrieved from http://URL
Author and title are both missing Combine author and title methods
[Description of document]. (date).
Retrieved from http://URL
Date and title are both missing Combine date and title methods
Author, A.
(n.d.).
[Description of document].
[Description of document]. (n.d.).
Retrieved from http://URL
Author, date, and title are Combine all three all missing methods Retrieved from http://URL Note. The basic reference template is made up of four pieces: author, date, title (with format in brackets if necessary), and source (the
URL). When one or more of these pieces is missing, use the method shown above to adapt the template. In-text citations use the pieces
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