Lecture Notes (not accessible by intended audience)

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Can your audience access the material?

If the material is not accessible to your audience, then treat it as personal communication, e.g. in text citation but no entry in the reference list.

In-text citation examples

In his presentation for Introductory Macroeconomics ECON10003, Graham (personal communication, 23 September, 2015) discusses the theory of...

OR

The details of the theory were covered in the presentation for Introductory Macroeconomics ECON10003 (Graham, personal communication, 23 September, 2015)


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