IEEE (Institute of Electronical and Electronics Engineers) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources in Electrical Engineering.
In addition to the examples to the left, see these sections of the Editorial Style Manual for how to cite other sources in IEEE style:
For a more detailed explanation of how to use IEEE style, see the Editorial Style Manual.
Pocket book of technical writing for engineers and scientists by Based on IEEE Editorial Style Manual, 2009
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Format: J. K. Author, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of His Published Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, Country if not USA: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx–xxx. Example: R. L. Myer, “Parametric oscillators and nonlinear materials,” in Nonlinear Optics, vol. 4, P. G. Harper and B. S. Wherret, Eds. San Francisco, CA: Academic, 1977, pp. 47-160. OR M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, Eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions (Applied Mathematics Series 55). Washington, DC: NBS, 1964, pp. 32-33. |
| Books: Online |
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Format: J. K. Author. (year, month day). Title (edition) [Type of medium]. Available: http://www.(URL) Example: J. Jones. (1991, May 10). Networks (2nd ed.) [Online]. Available: http://www. |
| Reports: Print |
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Format: J. K. Author, “Title of report,” Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, Rep. xxx, year. Example: S. L. Talleen. (1996, Aug.). The IntraNet Architecture: Managing information in the new paradigm. Amdahl Corp, CA. [Online]. Available: http://www.amd |
| Handbooks: Print |
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Format: Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, year, pp. xxx-xxx. Example: Transmission Systems for Communications, 3rd ed., Western Electric Co., Winston-Salem, NC, 1985, pp. 44–60. |
| Reports & Handbooks: Online |
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Format: J. K. Author. (year, month). Title. Company. City, State or Country. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file Example: ,p>Process Software Corp., MA. Intranets: Internet technologies deployed behind the firewall for corporate productivity. presented at INET’96 Annu. Meeting [Online]. Available: http://www.process.com/Intranets/wp2.htp
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| Published Conference Proceedings: Print |
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Format: J. K. Author, “Title of paper,” in Unabbreviated Name of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrev. State (if given), year, pp. xxx-xxx. Example: S. P. Bingulac, “On the compatibility of adaptive controllers,” in Proc. 4th Annu. Allerton Conf. Circuit and System Theory, New York, 1994, pp. 8–16. |
| Periodicals: Print |
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Format: J. K. Author, “Name of paper,” Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month, year. Example: R. E. Kalman, “New results in linear filtering and prediction theory,” J. Basic Eng., ser. D, vol. 83, pp. 95-108, Mar. 1961. |
| Journal Articles: Databases |
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Format: J. K. Author. (year, month). Title. Journal [Type of medium]. volume(issue), paging if given. Available: site/path/file Example: R. J. Vidmar. (1992, Aug.) On the use of atmospheric plasmas as electromagnetic reflectors. IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. [Online]. 21(3), pp. 876–880. Available: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/journals/21ps03-vidmar |
| Journal Articles: Online |
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Format: J. K. Author. (year, month day). Title. Journal [Type of medium]. volume(issue), paging if given. Available: http://www.(URL) Example: M. Semilof. (1996, July 15). Driving commerce to the Web—Corporate Intranets and the Internet: Lines blur. Communications Week [Online]. 6(19). Available: http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?CWK199607 |
| Conference Papers: Online |
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Format: J. K. Author. Title. presented at Conference title. [Type of Medium]. Available: site/path/file Example: Process Software Corp., MA. Intranets: Internet technologies deployed behind the firewall for corporate productivity. presented at INET’96 Annu. Meeting [Online]. Available: http://www.process.com/Intranets/wp2.htp |