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I have found a web page with no author, date or publisher - how do I reference it?

If you do not know who has written or published the content, or if it is current, then you should first consider if it is suitable for academic work. The Safari tutorial section 5 is about evaluating information.

You can still format a reference for a web page by using the page title in place of the author and 'no date' for the year. You should be able to work out the publisher by checking links to the homepage or a name in the web address.

Find out more on the Referencing styles page.
 

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