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Citation management software can help you manage your references when writing your paper. Wichita State Students have access to EndNote, a citation management system provided by WSU. Zotero is a free citation management software. Check out the library guides listed below for more information about how to use each.

You might also find the WSU ITS Applications Training blog helpful. Checkout this entry about creating in-text citations in MS word.

These are sites that will help you "build" citations. They're pretty accurate, but be sure to cover your bases by comparing the citations against those in a style manual. Just choose your citation style (APA, MLA, etc.) and the type of source you need to create a citation for (a book, a journal article, etc.), and input all of the necessary information.

Ask a librarian if you need additional assistance. 

Citing Sources in the IEEE Citation Style

For in-text citations in IEEE, provide the number, in square brackets, that refers to the reference list/bibliography at the end of the paper. The detailed citations in the reference list/bibliography at the end of the paper are in numerical sequence corresponding to the order that they appear in the paper. Once a source has been cited, use the same number in all subsequent in-text references.

Page numbers are added, if your source has page numbers, to the reference in the reference list when quoting or when referring to a specific detail. Square brackets are placed after the quotation marks and before the punctuation.

If you are referring to several references, include each numbered reference, separated by commas, when not sequential [3,6,7] and ranges, separated by a dash, where applicable [12-14].

 

Paraphrasing

According to Ashby [1], the physical world is easier to understand intuitively than the electrical world.

 

Short quotations

For quotes (exact word for word copy) that are less than three lines, enclose the quotation in double quotation marks (" ").

Ashby believes that, “The typical person understands the physical world more intuitively than he understands the electrical one” [1].

 

Long quotations

For quotations that are three lines or longer, use an indented block quotation without the quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, indented five to seven spaces from the left margin.

Hunter notes that:

The Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) is an international agreement brokered by the United Nations that came into force in 1976. It provides that the launching state should furnish to the United Nations, as soon as practicable, detailed information on certain launches into outer space [2].

Adapted from the British Columbia Institute of Technology's IEEE Style Guide by Lin Brander.

The numbered reference list should be placed at the end of the paper. The list is arranged in the order that the references appear in the text. Citations are single spaced with no line space between citations.

General guidelines:

Abbreviations are frequently used. See the IEEE Abreviations for Transactions, Journals, Letters, and Magazines document for a list of IEEE publications abbreviations and page 40 of IEEE Editorial Style Manual for common abbreviations of words in references.

Numbers appear in square brackets in a column flush left.

Authors are listed by initials followed by last name (eg. A. G. Harvey). List up to three authors (eg. T. Coolage, F. R. Hodan, and R. J. Wong). For more than three authors, use the first author's name followed by et al. (eg. L. D. Chan et al.)

Editors follow similar rules to authors, with the addition of Ed. for one editor and Eds. for more than one and et al., Eds. for more than three (eg. N. Waterman, Ed. OR P. North and X. Twilling, Eds. OR K. Singh et al., Eds.)

Titles of articles, chapters, conference papers, patents etc. are in quotation marks (eg. "Networked system state estimation in smart grid over cognitive radio infrastructures,"). Titles of books or journals are in italics (eg. International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics,) Note the pattern for upper case letters in the two different types of titles.

DOI (digital object identifyer) is a unique set of characters used to identify things such as electronic documents. It acts in a similar wasy to an ISBN number for books. The International DOI Foundation manages services and registration. If there is a DOI identifyer provided for the item you are citing, add it at the end of the availability statement; for example: [Online]. Available: CRCnetBase, doi: 10.1201/b11897-5

Accessed statement should be added only when citing a resource that is subject to change, such as a web site. For example:  [Website]. Available: http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rcmmn/hm-eng.html[Accessed: Sept. 15, 2014]. If the item is a stable document that is unlikely to be revised, such as a report or a pdf, even if you find it on a website, you do not need to add the access date.

Web addresses should contain no puncuation at the end of the url.

Adapted from the British Columbia Institute of Technology's IEEE Style Guide by Lin Brander.

References

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[2]  G. O. Young, "Synthetic structure of industrial plastics," in Plastics, 2nd ed., vol. 3, J. Peters, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964, pp. 15-64.
[3]  S. M. Hemmington, Soft Science. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan Press, 1997.
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[5]  D. Sarunyagate, Ed., Lasers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
[6] O. B. R. Strimpel, "Computer graphics," in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th ed., Vol. 4. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997, pp. 279-283.
[7]  K. Schwalbe, Information Technology Project Management, 3rd ed. Boston: Course Technology, 2004.
[8]  M. N. DeMers, Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2005.
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[17]  L. Bass, P. Clements, and R. Kazman. Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003. [E-book] Available: Safari e-book.
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 Adapted from the British Columbia Institute of Technology's IEEE Style Guide by Lin Brander, and Murdock University's IEEE Style guide.

Reference List IEEE Citation Examples

One Author

[1] D. Thorpe, Energy Management in Buildings: The Earthscan Expert Guide. New York, NY: Routledge, 2014.

Two Authors

[2] C. A. Gross and T. A. Roppel, Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012.

Three Authors

[3] J. Balfour, M. Shaw, and S. Jarosek, Introduction to Photovoltaics. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlette Learning, 2013.

More than Three Authors

[4] F. Voehl et al., The Lean Six Signma Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2014.

Editor

[5] J. D. Gibson, Ed., Mobile Communications Handbook, 3rd ed. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2013.

Two Editors

[6] J. Hoff and A. Kolff, Eds., Hydraulic Fill Manual for Dredging and Reclamation Works. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. [Online]. Available: CRCnetBase.

Book Chapter

[7] T. Erseghe, S. Tomasin, and P. Tenti, "Efficient Management of Locally Generated Powers in Microgrids," in Communication and Networking in Smart Grids, Y. Xiao, Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. [Online]. Available: CRCnetBase, doi: 10.1201/b11897-5

EBook

[8] J. McNerney and M. Cheek, Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America From the Tyrany of Fossil Fuels. New York, NY: Amacom, 2012. [Online]. Available: Books 24x7.

Editions

[9] P. Morreale and K. Terplan, Eds., CRC Handbook of Modern Telecommunications, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL, 2009. [Online]. Available: CRCnetBASE.

***All boxes adapted from the British Columbia Institute of Technology's IEEE Style Guide by Lin Brander.

EJournal Article

 

[10] M. Rueter, S. Tenbohlen, and W. Kohler, "The influence of network impedance on conducted disturbances within the high-voltage traction harness of electric vehicles," IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 35-43, Feb. 2014. [Online]. Available: IEEE Xplore, doi: 10.1109/TEMC.2013.2273564

Print Journal Article

[11] E. Chan, Z. Huang, and G. Xu, "Position control: build a microcontroller-based stablilization platform," Circuit Cellar, no. 290, pp. 32-39, Sept. 2014.  

 

Entire Website [12] The Engineering Institute of Canada. [Website]. http://www.eic-ici.ca/ [Accessed: Oct. 16, 2014].
   
Information from Website [13] National Cancer Institute, "Cell phones and cancer risk," June 24, 2013. [Online]. Available: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones [Accessed: Oct. 22, 2014].
 
Report from website [14] R. L. Evans and T. Bryant, " Greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian oil and gas sector," Trottier Energy Futures Project, 2013. [Online]. Available:http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/reports/2014/trottier-energy-futures-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-the-canadian-oil-and-gas-s/
 
   
Blog post [15] E. Ackerman, "Tiny 3D printed robots make teleoperation cheap and simple," IEEE Spectrum. Oct. 2, 2014. [Blog]. Available: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/tiny-3d-printed-model-robots [Accessed: Oct. 21, 2014].
Tweet [16] C. Gammell, "How appropriate. RT : Today is World Standards Day. Except in the US, which celebrates it on the 23rd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Standards_Day" Oct. 14, 2014. [Tweet]. Available: https://twitter.com/Chris_Gammell/status/519690980606230531 [Accessed: Oct. 21, 2014].
Conference Paper in Print [17] R. Becker, "Summer thermal and energy performance of buildings with internal phase change materials," in Proceedings of the 5th International Building Physics Conf.," Kyoto, Japan, 2012, p. 63.

 

 

 

Conference Paper online [18]  A. Datta, P. Mohanty, and M. Gujar, "Accelerated deployment of Smart Grid technologies in India - present scenario, challenges and way forward," in Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conf., Washington, DC, 2014, pp. 1-5. [Online]. Available: IEEE Xplore, doi:10.1109/SE4SG.2012.6225717 

Streaming Video

[19] Understanding Electricity (Documentary). [Online]. Available: http://youtu.be/mGkU8cHHSMU 

Streaming Video from Database

[20] Electrical Circuits: Ohm's Law. Crown Point, IN: Beneficial Book & Video, 2006. [Online]. Available: Films on Demand.

DVD

[21] R. Uth, Director, Tesla: Master of Lightning. Washington, DC: New Voyage Communications, 2007. [DVD].

Image

[22] "Lighthouse 3000 watt electric bulb." London, UK: National Maritime Museum, circa 1970. [Image]. Available: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/43155

Podcast

[23] C. Gammell and D. Jones, "#217 - Edifying Edison's energy," The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast. Sept. 22, 2014. [Podcast] Available: http://www.theamphour.com/?powerpress_pinw=3869-podcast

 

Personal Correspondence

[24] H. Ayasso, private communication, Oct., 2014.

Email

[25] P. Nygen, private communication, Sept., 2014. [Email].
Web Page [26] British Columbia. Ministry of Energy and Mines, “Electricity in British Columbia.” Victoria, BC. [Online]. Available: http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/EPD/Electricity/Pages/default.aspx [Accessed: October 15, 2014].
Government Publication [27] British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, The BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership. Victoria, BC, 2007. [Online]. Available:http://www.energyplan.gov.bc.ca/PDF/BC_Energy_Plan.pdf
Entire Web Site [28] National Energy Board. Calgary, AB. [Website]. Available: http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rcmmn/hm-eng.html [Accessed: Sept. 15, 2014].
Annual Report [29] BC Hydro, Annual Report 2014. Vancouver, BC. [Online]. Available: https://www.bchydro.com/content/dam/BCHydro/customer-portal/documents/corporate/accountability-reports/financial-reports/annual-reports/bc-hydro-annual-report-2014.pdf
Patent [30] A. Nirwan and L. Chun-Hao, "Decentralized controls and communications for autonomous distribution networks in smart grid," U.S. Patent US2014249688(A1), Sept. 4, 2014. [Online]. Available: http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=15&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20140904&CC=US&NR=2014249688A1&KC=A1
Filed Patent Application [31] V. M. Nebusov, F. Ordubadi Fariborz, and L. R. Ruben, "Photovoltaic module string arrangement and shading protection therefor," Canadian Patent Appl. CA 2763065, Nov. 11, 2011. [Online]. Available: http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/2763065/summary.html?query=solar+cells&start=1&num=50&type=basic_search
 

Newspaper Article in Print

[32] S. Ubelacker, "Implant imparts a second chance to see," The Globe and Mail, p. L5, Oct. 16, 2014.

Newspaper Article from the Internet

[33] E. Steel, "CBS offers web service as TV unbundles itself," The New York Times, Oct. 16, 2014. [Online]. Available: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/business/cbs-to-offer-web-subscription-service.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news [Accessed: Oct. 16, 2014].

Newspaper Article from a Full Text Database

[34] J. Nagel, "Use of B.C.'s electric car charging stations doubles in past year," The Leader, Oct. 8, 2014. [Online]. Available: Canadian Newsstand.
Newspaper article with no Author [35] "TD Bank unit settles over data breach," National Post, p. FP4, Oct. 16, 2014.

Statistics from a Website

[36] BCStats, "Quick facts about BC," 2014. [Online]. Available: http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/StatisticsBySubject/KeyIndicators/QuickFactsAboutBC.aspx [Accessed: Oct., 22, 2014].

Statistics from a Database

[37] Geographic Research Inc., "Adjusted census data 2011: Vancouver, # total number of private households by household size." [Online]. Available: Simply Map.

Standard Online

[38] IEEE Standard Test Methods for Surge Protectors Used in Low-Voltage Data, Communications, and Signaling Circuits, IEEE Standard C62.36-2014. [Online]. Available: IEEE Xplore.
Standard in Print [39] Standard Terminology Relating to Uninsulated Metalic Electrical Conductors, ASTM Standard B354-12, 2013

Dissertation (Ph.D.)

[40] F. C. Huang, "A computational light field display for correcting visual aberrations," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Computer Science, U. California, Berkely, CA, 2013. [Online]. Available:http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-206.pdf

 

 

Thesis (M.S.)

[41] R. Lin, "Sound living in Vancouver's laneway housing," M.S. thesis, School of Construction and the Environment, BCIT, Burnaby, BC, 2014. [Online]. Available:http://contentpro.lib.bcit.ca/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1005149
 
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