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Harvard Referencing Guide

Emails and personal communication

  • For emails and personal communication, only include an in-text citation. Don’t include a citation in the reference list.
Example - In-text citation
Susannah Bishop (personal communication, 5 February 2020) wrote..

Interviews

  • If the interview is published online, hyperlink the title and include the date you accessed it.
  • If you’re citing a PDF, avoid linking directly to the PDF. Instead link to the page that hosts the PDF.
  • Always use the interviewer’s name in the in-text reference. If you’re quoting the interviewee, make it clear in the text.

 

Transcript of an interview

Elements of the reference
Interviewer I (Day Month Year) Interviewer Full Name interviews Interviewee Full Name: Title of interview [interview transcript], Name of Publisher, accessed Day Month Year.
In-text citation
Milne responded about the resignation (Sales 2018).
Reference list
Sales L (28 September 2018) Leigh Sales interviews Justin Milne: Justin Milne resigns as ABC chairman [interview transcript], ABC, accessed 4 February 2020.

 

Audio or video file of an interview

Elements of the reference
Interviewer I (Day Month Year) Interviewer Full Name interviews Interviewee Full Name: Title of interview [interview audio or video file], Name of Publisher, accessed Day Month Year.
Reference list
Sales L (20 December 2019) Leigh Sale interviews Dudley Harrington: Dudley Harrington on the Queensland floods [interview video file], ABC, accessed 4 March 2020.