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IEEE Referencing Guide: Personal Communication - Email

IEEE Referencing Guide

Personal Communication - Email

Personal Communication - Email

Personal Communication - Email

 

Basic format to reference a private communication

The IEEE reference guide provides two options for unpublished sources.  These are sources that are unavailable to a reader.

 

Citation order 1.

  • Author's Initial/s then surname
  • Title if available, in double quotation marks
  • Unpublished

OR

Citation order 2.

  • Author's Initial/s then surname
  • Private communication
  • Abbreviated month day, year.

 

In-text example of an email 

 

An email (U. Hoyles, private communication, Feb. 2, 2024) confirming that the results are accurate also reaffirms the view that ...

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