If a work has no author listed, ideally you would try and find a corporate author. If you really can't find one, use 'Anon.' as the author (short for 'Anonymous').
You should evaluate the quality of the source to ensure you feel it is appropriate to include if no author is assigned to it.
These can be a company, an organisation or an institution and can be used if there is no other author identified as associated with creating the content.
| Home Office (2001) has outlined... |
| HOME OFFICE, 2001. Policing a new century: a blueprint for reform. Norwich: The Stationery Office |
Please see the example entry for the type of source you are referencing for guidance on how to reference your specific source.
If you cannot find an author and there is no clear corporate author, you put 'Anon.' in your in-text reference and full reference list in place of the author details.
| As evidenced by Anon. (2004) it is clear that... |
Reference list example
| ANON., 2004. Social services year book 2004. 32nd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education |
Please see the example entry for the type of source you are referencing for guidance on how to reference your specific source.