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Chicago Manual of Style -- Notes and Bibliography

Sources without author(s) or a substantive title

          In the alphabetically arranged list of bibliography, if there is no author/editor given, start the title.  If there is no title, give a descriptive phrase.

♦         Anonymous works

      --           1.  A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the 
        Degrees  Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced
(London, 1610). ( note)

          A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees 
                 Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced.
London, 1610. (Bibliography)

     --  Anonymous. "Contemporary History." The Nyasaland Journal 8, no. 1 (1955): 7-15. Accessed May 19,
               2020. www.jstor.org/stable/29545732.    (Bibliography)

      (In this example, the word "Anonymous" is originally on the title page.)

♦       A descriptive title
      
“About Biology of Sex Differences: Aims and Scope.” Biology of Sex Differences.
               Accessed 14 May 2020. https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/about. (Bibliography)

        (This source has no author  with “Aims and Scope” under “About” in the original webpage. So, the entry in the bibliography gives a descriptive phrase. )

♦        Unsigned newspaper articles (See the difference ? The title of the newspaper stands in place of the author. )

                          1. "In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor," New York Times, July 30, 2002. ( Note)

          New York Times. "In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor."  July 30, 2002.  (Bibliography)

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