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Citing Personal Communications

Citing Personal Communications

• Personal communications include conversations, letters, interviews, e-mails, telephone conversations and other unpublished communications.

 Personal communications require both an in text citation and a reference list entry.

 

 Examples:

"In a personal interview with Bill Gates on June 28 2006, he suggested that he would soon rule the world."

"In a letter to the author dated September 28 2018, Professor Mueller detailed his experiences with using this data collection software."

 

See the All Examples page for examples of in-text and reference list entries for specific resources such as articles, books, and web pages.