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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.

Video - reference list

The video title should be in title case (capital letter at the beginning of each major word) and Italics, e.g. Engineering: The Break Press.

After the year, add [Online Video] in square brackets.

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

Format

[1] Video Owner/Creator, Location (if available). Title of Video. (Release date). Accessed: Month Day, Year. [Online Video]. Available: URL

Example

[1] M. Liarokapis, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Never Stop Innovating | Mechanical Engineering. (Jun. 21, 2017). Accessed: Oct. 15, 2021. [Online Video]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Cetd0P7Bs

Video - 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].