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How do you reference a web page that lists no author?

When there is no author for a web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry:

Example:
New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved March 21, 2001, from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178.asp

Cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year. Use double quotation marks around the title or abbreviated title.: ("New Child Vaccine," 2001).

Use the full title of the web page if it is short for the parenthetical citation.

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