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> question....

I am using my roommate's comments on divorce several times in my paper...there are even subheadings based on her accounts. Do I have to cite each paragraph I write about her (it is obvious that it is her I am talking about since the entire section is dedicated to her experience and my take on it)???

 

 

Hi - great question. Here is how I would do it:

Example 1 (Assume Roommates Namse is Jen E. Smith):

"I'm not sure how I really feel about divoce, but it was really hard on my little brother" (J. E. Smith, personal communication, November, 12, 2000).

Example 2:

As I was talking to Jen she was not sure how she felt about devoice, however she did say that her bother took it very hard. Oftentimes he would jumb on the bed, yell at his friend, or ignore his father. (More

sensteces here that Jen talked about - then at the end of the paragraph, or her thoughts.) She also felt as though she didn't know where to turn to for help (Smith, personal communication, November, 12, 2000). I think that Jen took the divoce hard, however she is not willing to handle it psychologically.

Hope this helps,

Bridget

PS You Don't have to Cite Personal Communication on your reference page.

Note:

Personal communications may be memos, letters, lectures, seminars, interviews, telephone conversations, e-mail, and the like. These types of sources do not provide recoverable data and are NOT included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in TEXT only. Give the initials as well as the surname of the communicator, and provide as exact a date as possible: W. U. Borst (personal communication, April 7, 1997) said that these are not included in the reference list or (W. U. Borst, personal communication, April 7, 1997)