The following information is adapted from the IEEE Citation Reference.
For references with three or more authors, use et al. after the initials author's last name.
Reference Page
Books
- F. M. LastName, "Title fo chapter in the book," in Title of Published Work, xth ed. City of Publisher, Country [if not USA]: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, ch. x, sec. x, pp. xxx-xxx.
- L. Stein, "Random patterns," in Computer and Your, J. S. Brake, Ed. New York: Wiley, 1994, pp. 55-70.
Periodicals
- F. M. LastName, "Name of paper," Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month, year.
- R. E. Kalman, "New results in linear filtering and prediction theory," J. Basic Eng., ser. D, vol. 83, pp. 95-108, Mar. 1961.
Note: See the IEEE Citation Reference for IEEE Periodical Abbreviations.
Handbooks
- Name of Manual/Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, year, pp. xx-xx.
- Transmission Systems for Communication, 3rd ed., Western Electric Co., Winston-Salem, NC, 1985, pp. 44-60.
Reports
- F. M. LastName, "Title of report," Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, Rep. xxx, year.
- J. H. Davis and J. R. Cogdell, "Calibration program for the 16-foot antenna," Elect. Eng. Res. Lab., Univ. Texas, Austin, Tech. Memo. NGL-006-69-3, Nov. 15, 1987.
Conferences Technical Articles
- Basic
- F. M. Author, "Title of paper," in Unabbreviated Name of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrev. State [if given], year, pp. xxx-xxx.
- Electronic without Page Numbers
- F. M. LastName and F. M. LastName, "Title of Article," in Title of Conf, year, © [copyright holder]. doi:xxxx.
- Unpublished Paper Presented at Conference
- F. M. LastName and F. M. LastName, "Title of paper," presented at the Unabbrev. Name of Conf., City of Conf., Abbrev. State, year.
Website
- N. M. LastName, (year, month day). Title (edition) [Type of medium]. Available: [URL]
- J. Jones. (1991, May 10). Networks (2nd ed.) [Online]. Available: http://www.atm.com
E-mail
- F. M. LastName. (year, month day). Title (edition) [Type of medium]. Available e-mail: Message:
- S. H. Gold. (1995, Oct 10). Inter-Network Talk [Online]. Available e-mail: COMSERVE@RPIECS Message: Get NETWORK TALK
Patents
- F. M. LastName, "Title of patent," U.S. Patent x xxx xxx, Abbrev. Month, day, year.
- J. P. Wilkinson, "Nonlinear resonant circuit devices," U.S. Patent 3 624 125, July 16, 1990.
Standards
- Title of Standard, Standard number, date.
- IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969.
Theses and Dissertations
- F. M. LastName, "Title of thesis/dissertation," [M.S. or Ph.D.] [theses or dissertation], Abbrev. Dept., Abbrev. Univ., City of Univ, Abrrev. State, year.
- J. O. Williams, "Narrow-band analyzer," Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.
Unpublished
- F. M. LastName, "Title of paper," unpublished.
- F. M. LastName, private communication, Abbrev. Month, year.