"IEEE style" refers to an overall editorial framework for presenting your paper. This framework governs many aspects, including font size, text layout, and formatting cited references.
This guide provides suport for formatting your papers according to IEEE and it provides examples of how to cite the many different sources you might use when researching your topics.
You must acknowledge (cite) the sources - books, articles, reports, etc. - you borrow ideas from in researching and writing your papers.
An IEEE citation appears in two places in your essay:
1: In the text of your paper. Give each of the sources you cite a consecutive number in the order that you cite them, listing each one in square brackets e.g. [3].
2: At the end of your paper. Provide full citations - all the bibliographic information your reader would need to find that item - listed in the same numerical order as in the body of your paper.
Where do the numbers 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.
Simple example
This is a simple example of how you might cite a book in IEEE style: The number for a specific source is listed in the body of the paper.
The full details of the source are given in a numerical reference list at the end of the document:
