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IEEE Referencing

Explanation and examples for IEEE referencing style

Electronic book

General format

[Ref #] A. A. Author(s). Title, xth ed. City of Publisher, Country: Abbrev. of Publisher, year, pp. xxx–xxx. [Online]. Available: http://www.web.com

 

Example

[1] L. Bass, P. Clements and R. Kazman, Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 2003. pp. 15-64. [Online]. Available: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

 

Note specific to eBooks: For electronic resources found on the Internet include the full URL

General Notes

  • The names of all authors should be given in the references unless the number of authors is greater than six. If there are more than six authors, you may use et al. (meaning ‘and others’) after the name of the first author.
  • Where there are multiple authors, use commas between each name, and precede the final name with 'and'.
  • The author may be an organisation.
  • For books and journal titles, put the title in italics. 
  • Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’.
  • Edition number does not need to be given for first editions. 
  • If the publication date is unknown, put in the abbreviation n.d. which stands for ‘no date’ e.g. n.d. or [1690?].
  • Where the full date is required such as for eJournals or websites, note that the month comes before the day and year.
  • Give page numbers unless the entire book is used. Particularly provide page numbers if you have quoted specific facts or materials. Page numbers are p. for a single page or pp. for multiple pages.
  • All references end with a full stop, unless the reference ends with a URL
  • If a reference contains both a URL and a DOI, list both (ending with the DOI). For example,  Available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470516034 doi: 10.1002/9780470516034.
  • If unknown, omit details such as day or issue. Do not make up unknown information.
  • Take care to use the correct punctuation.
  • Common abbreviations: edition (ed.), editor (Ed.), and others (et al.), number (no.), pages (pp.), volume (vol.). 
  • Abbreviations for each month: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
  • Abbreviations for words, journal titles and publishers can be found in the websites given below.
  • For further information, please refer to Monash University IEEE LibGuide or the official IEEE Reference Guide (2018).