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Ephemeral, Live, and Personal Sources

EPHEMERAL, LIVE, AND PERSONAL SOURCES

Not all sources exist in permanent form, and not all sources will be available for your audience to access. But we still cite those kinds of sources--our audience needs to know what kind of source it is and how you had access to it.

 

Live Performance (Play, Concert, Dance, etc)

Live TV or Radio

Art Seen In Person

Personal Interviews

Personal Communication

Classroom Discussion or Powerpoint

Conference Presentation

 

Personal Interview, conducted over phone by you

Interviewee. Interview. Date Month Year.

Johnson, Emily. Phone Interview. 22 March 2022

Personal Interview, anonymous interviewee

do not include this kind of interview in your Works Cited List. Instead, insert an endnote and indicate that the source type (phone interview, personal interview, etc) and date.