How do you cite a website with no author?

How do you cite a website with no author?

When a web page has no identifiable author, cite in the text the first few words of the reference list entry, usually the title and the year, note the title of the web page is italicised. References: Title of web page or document Year, Publisher (if applicable), viewed Day Month Year, .

What if you can’t find the author of a website?

– If there is no author listed, use the title of the webpage or the article you are viewing. – Try to search for the date near the bottom of the webpage. Look for a message regarding “webpage last updated…” – Make sure to include retrieval information in your citation.

How do you find the publisher and author of a website?

Use WHOIS to find the website owner.

1. Visit whois.icann.org and enter the website address into the search field.
2. Look for the “Registrant Contact” information to find who registered the domain. You can still try to contact the owner through their proxy email if the registration information is blocked.

How do I find an author?

You can search by the author’s name using the Online Library Catalog or the Multi-Search. Does the author have a reputation for being an expert on the topic? If your source is a book, book reviews are a good resource to answer this question, and you may be able to find several using the library’s Multi-Search.

How do you reference a website?

Include information in the following order:

1. author (the person or organisation responsible for the site)
2. year (date created or last updated)
3. page title (in italics)
4. name of sponsor of site (if available)
5. accessed day month year (the day you viewed the site)
6. URL or Internet address (pointed brackets).

How do you Intext reference a website?

Cite web pages in text as you would any other source, using the author and date if known. Keep in mind that the author may be an organization rather than a person. For sources with no author, use the title in place of an author. For sources with no date use n.d. (for no date) in place of the year: (Smith, n.d.).

How do I find information about a website?

Looking up a domain name on www.whois.net is very simple. All you have to do is enter in the web address you want to look up and presto – all the information you wanted will appear. For example, if you look up the website address for the WHOIS site, you will find out some important information.

What if you don’t know the author for a citation?

No Author. If no author or creator is provided, start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details. Note: an author/creator won’t necessarily be a person’s name.

How do you find a publisher on a website?

Note: The publisher or sponsoring organization can often be found in a copyright notice at the bottom of the home page or on a page that gives information about the site.

What is an author search?

An author search retrieves records of published articles or books by a specific author in a database.

What is an author do?

An author is someone whose written work has been published. In addition to producing published work, people who write are considered authors when they originate the ideas and content of their written work. For this reason, most authors are writers, but not all writers are considered to be authors.

How do you find the publisher of a website?

The most direct way to find the publisher of a website is to consult the official “whois” database. This is a repository maintained by ICANN, and all website owners are required to furnish this info to their domain name registrars once a year.

How can I find information about an author?

If you can’t find an author affiliation or want to learn more about the authors and their credentials, here are some ways to do so: Search for the author on Google. Sometimes you can find a personal page about an individual. Do a search in one of the online databases to see what else the author has written. Is this person someone who published a lot in this field? Look up the institution. What kind of institution is it? Is the author still affiliated with the institution?

Where do I find the author on an online article?

Look at the top and bottom of an article. Many websites that employ contributing and staff writers will often display the author name at the top or bottom of an article. This is the first place you should look for an author.

How do I search by author?

You can follow these steps to search by author name in Thoreau : On the Library homepage, type the author’s name in the search box and click search. Tip: Expand your search terms by including variations of the author’s name, including both the full first name and initials. Type the variations of the name into the first search box. For example: