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MLA Citation

A guide to citing sources according to the Modern Language Association Handbook

Personal Communications Citation Notes & Format

For communications you received, list yourself as the author.

In-text citations can refer either to yourself or the name in the Title of Source.

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Author.
Cornett, Wesley.
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Title of Source.
E-mail to the author.

Container

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Title of Container,
 
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Contributor,
 
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Version,
 
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Number,
 
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Publisher,
 
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Publication Date,
10 January 2021.
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Location.
 

Personal Communications/Interviews

Cornett, Wesley. E-mail to the author. 10 January 2021.

Cornett, Wesley. Letter to Alice Jones. 8 October 2005.

Parenthetical citation: (Cornett). OR (Jones).
Prose citation: In a letter to Alice Jones . . .