Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Instagram

The required elements for the reference are:

Author/Username. (Year of posting) Title of posting. Instagram. Posting date. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

Ulster University. (2023) A striking, carbon-focused exhibition will be arriving on our Belfast campus later this month – with @ulsteruni the only site […]. Instagram. 15 March.  Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpx0Cy-gLUM/?hl=en [Accessed 15 March 2023].

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

According to Ulster University (2023) carbon...

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment:

Attenburgh, D. (2020) Saving our planet is a communications challenge. Instagram. 31 October. Available at https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAIm2sHSQZ/ [Accessed 15 March 2023].

In-text citation 

Example 1 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

... (Attenburgh 2020).

Points to note:

• If the post does not have a title, 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.