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Harvard Referencing: Social media

Format of the reference

Citation order:

  • Name of the author(s) or name of the social media account
  • Year the post was published or updated
  • Title/content of the post
  • Social media platform
  • Day month
  • Web address
  • Date accessed

 

Format:

Author’s surname, Initials. or Name of the social media account (Year the post was published or updated) Title of post [Social media platform], Day month. Available at: www.webaddress.com (Accessed: day month year).

Example:

Libraries Without Borders US (2021) In 2019, University researchers found that 96% of high school seniors had trouble telling which news sources were legitimate [Twitter], 25 January. Available at: https://twitter.com/LWB_USA/status/1353803220792070145 (Accessed: 26 January 2021).

In-text citation: (Libraries Without Borders US, 2021)