No date: If there is no year of publication, use the abbreviation (n.d.) for no date.
Title of post: The Title of post is in italics and is in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Capitalise proper nouns.
Note: For the title of the post, use up to the first 20 words of the content. After the title in square brackets, describe the post type, e.g. [Video] or [Status update].
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For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Author. (Year, Date). Title of post [Description of audiovisuals]. Site Name. https://xxx
Dent, M. (2019, November 22). These infographic are fabulous for parents and educators [Infographic]. Facebook. https://bit.ly/34iGQue
KaraHands. (2017, August 1). This is why I exist. . . . . . . Giving families the opportunity to have a holiday without worry or concern...... It was lovely [Image attached]. https://www.facebook.com/KaraHands/posts/1515841015133470
NZIE - New Zealand Institute of Education (2019, December 3). Yesterday we had so much fun stepping into the world of virtual reality, fight laser robots [Video]. Facebook. https://bit.ly/2PiBFWU
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and publication date in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... services closer to home (Bishop, 2024).
Narrative citation: If you use the author’s name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. Bishop (2024) argued that time was ...
... showing picturesque New Zealand (Jayne, 2023).
Note: If you use a parenthetical citation the first time, followed by a narrative citation, you need to repeat the date.
The NZ Transport Agency (2023) promotes one of New Zealand's parrots for Bird of the Century.
Note: If you use a narrative citation the first time, followed by another narrative citation, you can omit the date. But, if you use a parenthetical citation the next time, you must include the date.