IEEE Referencing Guide: Facebook Post

Facebook Post

 

A reference to a Facebook post generally requires the following elements:

 

• Author's name, or username or Organisation. 
• Year posted. (in round brackets)
• Title (or description by using the first 20 words of the post as the title). (in double quotation marks)
• Credit [Facebook] as the site name
• Date
• Available at: URL of the post. (Accessed: date)

 

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In-text citation

As the world battles against the corona virus, scientists all over the world are carrying out experiments to better understand the biology of the virus [7].

 

 

Full reference for the Reference List

[7]   New Scientist. "Scientists are working around the clock to understand the                    biology of the covid-19 virus and how it infects human cells2.  [Facebook]. 14 Mar         2020. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/newscientist/posts/ ref=page_internal  (Accessed: 27 Oct 2023)

 

 

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