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How to Cite a Personal Telephone Interview in MLA Format

A proper MLA attribution can make it easier for a reader to understand borrowed information and sources, according to Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. The Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes a style guide that is widely used for citations and references in the humanities. A personal telephone interview falls under the category of an unpublished interview and the fact that it took place over the phone can be noted as part of the interview citation.

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  Name the person interviewed. Format the entry in the following order: last name, first name, middle initial. For example, if the person being interviewed is named Tara A. Herrington, this listing would read: Herrington, Tara A.
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  List the type of the interview, without quotation marks or underlining, followed by the day, month and year when the interview took place. For example, "Telephone interview. 6 July 2011."
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  Review the listing. The final citation for a telephone interview should be formatted as follows: "Herrington, Tara A. Telephone interview. 6 July 2011."

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