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APA 7 Reference Examples

Personal Communication

It only requires an in-text citation.

Template

(initial(s) last name of interviewed person, personal communication, Month day, year). 

Example

… although at least one user reported many such software bugs (T.G. Smith, personal communication, July 7, 2015)

Rule

APA 7th ed. sec. 5.6 or https://apastyle.apa.org/blog under Participation in Research