Interview transcript
Learn how to cite interviews in MLA style. Use correct templates for personal communication, research interviews and transcripts with correct formatting to reference sources accurately in your writing.
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrasing | When interviewing Neil Armstrong about his experiences on the moon … (Armstrong) |
| Direct quote | "Originally, when they started first talking about lunar landing …" (Armstrong). |
Works cited
- Interviews can be used as references if recoverable by your reader (e.g. transcripts or audio/video files/recordings). Treat private or informal interviews as personal communications.
- Give the interviewee’s name at the beginning of the entry. Give the title, if there is one, in quotation marks ( " ") followed by the interviewer’s name. If there is no title, use the statement ‘Interview by’ and the interviewer’s name. Format the rest of the entry according to the category of material accessed.
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Interviewee. “Title.” By Interviewer. Day Month Year. Title of Whole Work, Website Name/Publisher, Date, URL. Format. |
| Works cited entry | Armstrong, Neil. "An interview with Neil Armstrong." 15 May 1980. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. NASA, 2001, www.nasa.gov/pdf/62281main_armstrong_oralhistory.pdf. Transcript. |