Web and social media
Reference type
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Webpage
Format for in-text citation
Example
The website1 details the process before, during and after a screening.
Format for Reference List
Elements, punctuation and capitalisation
Webpage
1. Author. Title of specific section. Name of website. Date published Month Day, Year. Updated Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL
Example
1. BreastScreen Victoria. What Happens at Your Screening. 2023. Accessed June 23, 2023. https://www.breastscreen.org.au/what-happens
Permanent link (webpage): https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/referencing-styles/vancouver/electronic-source/webpage -
Social media
Format for in-text citation
Example
WHO Europe2 is using AI to monitor industries promoting health-harming products in online ads.
Format for Reference List
Elements, punctuation and capitalisation
Social media
Author. Post. Published Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL
Examples
Facebook
1. Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Facebook page. #NationalHydrationDay As summer temps rise, staying hydrated is important to combat heat-related illnesses. Here are some ways to beat the heat this summer: https://sportsmedicine.mayoclinic.org/news/staying-hydrated-healthy-during-extreme-heat . Accessed June 28, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/mayoclinicsportsmedicine
Twitter
2. @WHO_Europe. Let's leverage #AI to protect children! WHO AI tool allows consumers to monitor industries promoting health-harming products in online ads - such as 🚬🍺 & 🍔. Submit a photo/screenshot of a harmful ad & become an online space protector! https://who.int/europe/news/item/23-06-2023-new-who-ai-tool-invites-people-to-counter-online-promotion-of-unhealthy-products. June 24, 2023. Accessed June 28, 2023. https://twitter.com/WHO_Europe/status/1672270822638010372
Instagram
2. BreastScreen Victoria Instagram. Can you Screen with BSV Once you are 74 years old?. May 16, 2023. Accessed June 23, 2023. https://www.instagram.com/p/CsSzKNYskZY/?hl=en
YouTube
3. Osmosis from Elsevier YouTube page. Schizophrenia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment & pathology. 9 March, 2016. Accessed June 28, 2023. https://youtu.be/PURvJV2SMso
Permanent link (social media): https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/referencing-styles/vancouver/electronic-source/web/social-media/ -
Blog post
Format for in-text citation
Example
Mewburn states1 ...
Format for Reference List
Elements, punctuation and capitalisation
Blog
Author. Title of post. Title of Blog. Published Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL
Example
1. Mewburn I. Mind the gap (in the literature). The Thesis Whisperer blog. May 26, 2023. Accessed June 28, 2023. https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/05/26/literaturereviewpain
Permanent link (newspaper articles): https://library.unimelb.edu.au/recite/referencing-styles/vancouver/electronic-source/blog-post
Style notes for websites and social media
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Authors
Number of authors Example 0 Leave blank 1 Doherty P 2-6 Lo Bianco J, Slaughter Y. 6+ Lacy-Nichols J, Nandi S, Mialon M, et al No author
- Leave author blank.
- Don't use Anonymous unless the author is specifically credited as Anonymous
Nobel lectures in physiology or medicine 1922-1941. World Scientific 1999.
1 author
- Use initials for all of the given names of the author.
- No punctuation in between surname and initials.
Doherty P. An insider's plague year. Melbourne University Press; 2021.
2–6 authors
- Use initials for all of the given names of the author.
- No punctuation in between surname and initials.
- Use a comma to separate authors.
Lo Bianco J, Slaughter Y. Second languages and Australian schooling. Australian Education Review. ACER Press; 2009.
6+ authors
- Use initials for all of the given names of the author.
- No punctuation in between surname and initials.
- After 3 authors use et al
Lacy-Nichols J, Nandi S, Mialon M, et al. Conceptualising commercial entities in public health: beyond unhealthy commodities and transnational corporations. Lancet. 2023;401(10383):1214-1228. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00012-0
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Missing elements
It is common for element to be missing from web references. Only include the details you can see on the resource.