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AMA Referencing Guide: No date?

Referencing style guide for AMA Style

AMA Style

Date unknown

You should always try to find a date for your sources.  Most reliable sources of information will have a date - either a date for when the source was published, or a date for when it was last updated.

If you genuinely cannot find a date, and you must cite this work, use "date unknown" in place of the year.

  1. Smith J. Carrots can cure everything.  Carrots Marketing Corporation website. http://www.fakeurlforexample.net.yu. Published date unknown. Accessed May 25, 2015.
  2. Brown B. Self Published Books are the Future of Science. Brisbane, Australia: Brown's Own Books; date unknown.

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