Vancouver Examples - QUT Resources and personal communications - Personal communication

In-text

Personal communications include letters, emails, comments on message boards, verbal conversations and any other form of communication that is unpublished. You should only cite personal communications if they are authoritative and highly relevant to your assignment.

Your in-text citation should include:

• date of the communication
• name of the correspondee
• type of communication
• the correspondee's affiliation if appropriate.

Reference List

As personal communications are unpublished, they are cited in the text of your assignment but not in your reference list as they cannot be traced.

Note

To reference a whole blog post see Internet sources - Blog.