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Harvard Referencing - Cite Them Right

SETU approved Harvard Referencing style from Cite Them Right

Personal Communications (conversations, letters, e-mails, other online services etc)

Personal communications (include phone, email, skype, text message, unrecorded conversations on Zoom or Teams, online services such as Snapchat or WhatsApp, fax, letter, etc.) should be referenced as below:

Element                                              Example, including punctuation                                                                                     

Sender/Author(s) Walsh, T.
Year of communication (2017)
Medium of communication Email
Receiver of communication to Mary Power
Day/month of communication (if available) 21 February.

 

Reference List                                                                                                                                                                               

Walsh, T. (2017) Email to Mary Power, 21 February.

Please note: for letters, emails, texts or faxes both the the in-text citations and references begin with the name of the sender of the communication.