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How Do I Cite an Article Without an Author When the Source Is an Association APA Format?

The citations in any scholarly work have two functions. They allow the writer to acknowledge his sources along with each source's contribution to his argument or discussion, and they allow the interested reader to locate and read that source to answer any interest in or use he might have for it. Although articles are generally published under the name of one or more authors, newsletter articles and editorials often appear without authorship. The American Psychological Association (APA) has guidelines when you're citing these types of sources.

Instructions

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      Use the following general format for citing in APA style an article without given authorship: Title of article. (Year of publication, month of publication). Title of periodical, volume number(issue number), page range.

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      Use this example as a guide for your APA-style reference-list citation of an article without an author: Distinctions between Right and Wrong Are Often Captious. (2011, April). Implications Journal, 39(3), 33-34.

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      Use this example as a guide for your APA-style in-text citation of the same article: ("Distinctions between Right and Wrong," 2011).

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      Use the full title of the article in your APA-style in-text citation if the title of the article is short. For example, your in-text citation of an article titled "Efts Are Like Igloos" would be ("Efts Are Like Igloos," 2007).

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