General information
- Personal Communications are ONLY cited in the text
- They include all works that cannot be recovered by a reader, such as:
- personal interviews
- telephone conversations
- text messages
- online chats
- emails
- live speeches (unrecorded)
- classroom lectures (unrecorded)
- memos
- letters
- your class notes, etc.
In-text citation examples:
... (C. Ferner, personal communication, December 12, 2024) ... (J. Williams, classroom lecture ENGL 1202, October 1, 2025) ... (B. Smith, text message, November 2, 2024)