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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a numbered referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

Standards - reference list

Standard title: The title of the standard should be in title case (Capital letter at the beginning of each major word) and Italics e.g. Ships and Marine Technology - Fireproof Watertight Hatch Covers.

Location: For the location of the standard - after the city, include the state code for the USA only, e.g., St Louis, MI, USA. Outside the USA, use city and country, e.g. Auckland, New Zealand.

For more reference list format and style information, see General information - basics of referencing.

Format (online)

[1] Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author, location, date. [Online]. Available: URL

OR

[2]  Title of Standard, Standard number, date. [Online]. Available: URL

Format (print)

[3] Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author, location, date.

OR

[4] Title of Standard, Standard number, date.

Examples

[1] Conditions of Contract for Building and Civil Engineering - Design and Construct, NZS 3916, Standards New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Nov. 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.standards.govt.nz/nzs-39162013/

[2] Rules for the Design of Cranes, Specification for Classification, Stress Calculations and Design Criteria for Structures, BS 2573, Oct. 1983. [Online]. Available: https://shop.bsigroup.com/products/rules-for-the-design-of-cranes-specification-for-classification-stress-calculations-and-design-criteria-for-structures/standard/preview

[3] Specification for Concrete Construction for Minor Works, NZS 3124:1987, Mar. 1987, Standards Association of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.

[4] IEEE Guide for Voltage Regulation and Reactive Power Compensation at 1000 kV AC and Above, IEEE Standard 1860-2014, 18 July 2014. 

Standards - in-text citations

When using another person's ideas or words, include an Arabic numeral in square brackets (consecutively numbered). 

Examples

... has been recently identified [1].

The same number is used if the reference is referred to again. If referring to a different page/part from that reference, include the relevant information with the reference number.

Sensible heat is when heat is transferred to a material by raising or lowering the temperature [1, Ch. 5].

OR

Sensible heat is the transfer of heat to a material by raising or lowering the temperature [1, pp. 340-345].

If you are expressing ideas that have originated from more than one source, separate the numbers with commas if referring to a range of numbers (references). 

... in alkyl sulphates such as sodium lauryl sulphate [3], [5], [6] and diethyl sulphate [7]. Other compounds showing promise were those in the C12 - C14 range [8], [9], [10].

Only use the author's name where it is integral to the understanding of the sentence; otherwise, just refer to the reference number.

Cook [11] reduced the calculated time ...

.. as demonstrated by Cook [2].

If citing a reference in the text with three or more authors, list the first author followed by et al.

Woods et al. [12] demonstrated the need for speed restrictions ...

For direct quotes, use quotation marks and include the page number(s). 

The experts stated that "kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a moving system because of its velocity" [1, p. 139].