27/5/2019 How do you cite website material that has no author, no year, and no page numbers?

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Because the material does not include page numbers, you can include any
Free Tutorials of the following in the text to cite the quotation (from pp. 170–171 of the
Publication Manual):

APA STYLE CONTACTS A paragraph number, if provided; alternatively, you could count paragraphs
down from the beginning of the document.

An overarching heading plus a paragraph number within that section.

A short title in quotation marks, in cases in which the heading is too

unwieldy to cite in full.

Because there is no date and no author, your text citation would include the
title (or short title) "n.d." for no date, and paragraph number (e.g., "Heuristic,"
n.d., para. 1). The entry in the reference list might look something like this:

Heuristic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (11th ed.). Retrieved

from http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heuristic

(adapted from the sixth edition of the APA Publication Manual (/manual) , ©
2010)

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