How to cite a lab manual with no author

 · Citing in the reference list when there are no authors. To add a reference with no author to the reference list, first move the title of the reference to the author position. For further information on creating reference list citations, see this guide on APA citations. Reference list examples: Park avenue summer. (). Penguin Random House/5(26).  · When you include information from a lab manual in text, put a citation inside parentheses. Insert the name of the issuer of the manual, such as a company, a college department or an instructor's surname. Add a comma and then list the publication year, such as: (Department of Physics, ). If you mention the issuer in text, omit the name from Author: Susan Sherwood.  · In-text Citation Format. When the title of an item is in place of author, use a few words of the title in-text, or the whole title if it is short; additionally, it should be written in title case and with italics. Examples of formatting an in-text citation for this item are outlined below: Reference Information. Health and safety manual. ( Publish Year:

For an unpublished handbook, begin with the author as you would for an unpublished work. Put the title and a period inside quotation marks. List "Lab handbook" without quotation marks. Add a period. Identify the organization connected to the handbook. Add a period. Include the organization's location and a period. List the handbook's date. Add a period. According to the APA, a Lab Manual should be cited and referenced like a book. When a book has no clear author, move the title in place of author. For more information, click here. When you include information from a lab manual in text, put a citation inside parentheses. Insert the name of the issuer of the manual, such as a company, a college department or an instructor's surname. Add a comma and then list the publication year, such as: (Department of Physics, ). If you mention the issuer in text, omit the name from the parentheses.

Have other credible individuals referenced this source or author? Book: What have reviews said about it? Publisher. What do you know about the publisher/sponsor. In your lab reports you will typically use information from sources such as your textbook, lab manual, a reference book, and articles published in a science. You will want to list the last name of the author followed by their first name initial. Separate each of these with commas. Next, place the year it was.