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APA Style Guide: Emails, interviews and other personal communications

This guide explains how to use the APA Style. It includes a short tutorial.

Emails, interviews and other personal communications

No personal communications are included in your reference list. Only an in-text-citation is required.
 

In-Text-Citation:
  • communicator's name
  • phrase "personal communication”
  • date of the communication
Example:
  • P. Jones (personal communication, March 4, 2014) notes that…
  • Those at the event have reported seeing a white spark prior to the explosion of the damn (P. Jones, personal communication, March 4, 2014)…