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Reference examples

Facebook page

Use the year of when the Facebook page was last updated. For example, if a page was created in 2008 but last updated with new content in 2019, use 2019 as the year.

Family name, INITIAL(S) (or organisation). Title of page. [Facebook]. Year. [Date accessed]. Available from: URL

Example:

BBC Good Food. BBC Good Food. [Facebook]. 2019. [Accessed 5 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BBCGoodFood/

Facebook post

If the post does not have a title, you can use the text of the post as a title. If a post is longer than 20 words, write the first 20 words and then use […] to indicate that extra words have been omitted.

Family name, INITIAL(S) (or organisation). Title of the post. [Facebook]. Date posted. [Date accessed]. Available from: URL

Example:

Lammy, D. Tonight cabinet members will go into Number 10 one by one. Each will have the choice to put their country […]. [Facebook]. 13 November 2018. [Accessed 7 June 2019]. Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DavidLammyTottenham/posts/10155690250791541

Citation examples

Standard citation

Every citation should be labelled within your text by using a number in brackets (1).
You should insert the citation number directly after a source is referred to in your text, even if this is in the middle of your sentence. It is acceptable to place a citation number at the end of a paragraph, if the entire paragraph is referring to the same source.

Examples:
Aitchison (1) suggests that language change is inevitable, but not a bad thing.
One leading expert suggests that language change is inevitable, but is not a bad thing (1).

The first item you cite is allocated number 1, the second item is allocated number 2, and so on throughout your piece of work.

Once a source has been allocated a number, this number is used again if you refer to the same source at a later point in your work.

If you use the name of the author(s) of a souce within the text and there are three or more authors for the source, then the name of the first author shoule be given, followed by the phrase "et al.".

Example:

Southgate et al. (1) emphasised that references should be presented in a consistent manner.

Common issues

When you're referencing with Leeds Numeric you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Numeric.

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