How to Write Interview Information Into an APA Style Paper

If your major is a social science, your department may require you to use American Psychological Association style for your research papers. When you interview someone for a paper, APA style requires that you cite the interviewee in the text of your paper. You do not need to cite the interview in your bibliography because it is not "recoverable data," according to the APA. Follow the APA style guidelines when inserting interview information into the paper.

Things You'll Need

  • American Psychological Association Style Guide, 6th edition
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Instructions

    • 1

      Type the information from the interview into your paper. Paraphrase the information or directly quote exactly what the interviewee said. Place quotation marks around direct quotations.

    • 2

      Type an open parenthesis following the information from the interview. Type the name of the interviewee, using the initial of the first name followed by the full last name. Write the name Tyler Williams, for example, as "T. Williams." Type a comma after the name.

    • 3

      Cite the interview as "personal communication." Type a comma.

    • 4

      Type the date of the interview in "month date, year" format, spelling out the name of the month (for example, "August 20, 2008").

    • 5

      Check your citation to be sure it matches the sample (without the quotation marks): "(T. Williams, personal communication, August 20, 2008)."

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