You're going to cite sources when you have:
• taken an exact quote from the original source; provide a page number
• paraphrased content from the original source
• referred to a specific detail in an original source (e.g. an illustration, a table, a set of statistics).
This guide has been based, with permission, on the guide created by Murdoch University Library, Western Australia.
The IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. They require that authors writing in their publications use their citation system.
IEEE referencing is a numeric system that consists of a two parts:
Where does the number get entered?
Put your citation number directly after the reference, not at the end of the sentence (unless this is where the reference is mentioned). Punctuation should be placed outside of the brackets.
IEEE Style uses an end-note method of referencing a source of information within the text of a document.
In its simplest form a citation is given in the text, consisting of a number enclosed by square brackets:
The full details of the source are given in a numerical reference list at the end of the document: