Subject guides: Chicago 18th (B) Author-Date: Interviews and personal communication

Interviews and personal communication

Published interviews

In-text citation

Format

(Interviewee Surname Year, Pages)

Example

(Orzolek 2022)

Reference list

Format

Interviewee Surname, First Name. Year. "Title of Interview". Interview by Interviewer Full Name. Publication Title. Month DD. URL.

Example

Orzolek, Karen Lee. 2022. “Karen O Has Found a More Joyful Kind of Wildness.” Interview by Jia Tolentino. New Yorker, September 11. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/karen-o-has-found-a-more-joyful-kind-of-wildness.

Tips

Published interviews generally follow the patterns of the document types they are published within.
References to interviews consulted online can include a DOI (preferred) or a URL.

Unpublished interviews and personal communication

In-text citation

Format

(Interviewee Surname, pers. comm., Month DD, YYYY)

(Interviewee Surname, description, Month DD, YYYY)

Example

(Julie Cantor, pers. comm., June 12, 2022)

(Brenda Hasbrouck, text message to author, May 5, 2017)

Tips

Unpublished interviews and personal communication are not included in the reference list, though each person cited must be fully identified in the text. Provide other relevant details in the text.
Use the abbreviation "pers. comm." (for personal communication)