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Engineering Guide: Other Documents

Datasets

Standard Format for a Dataset Citation

[#]           Author, "Title of dataset." Mon. Year (if available). Distributed by Publisher/Distributor. URL or DOI (retrieved Mon. Day, Year).

[#]           Author, Title of online dataset, Responsible agency, Mon. Year (if available), DOI.

[#]           Author, Title of online dataset, Responsible agency, Mon. Year (if available). [Online]. Available: URL

Include a version number, if there is one.

Only include a retrieval date if the data changes over time. If the data you used is fully identified by the title and DOI or URL, you do not need to include the retrieval date.

 

Dataset

[1]           K. Alameh, “Spectral reflectance data of plant green.” 2014. Distributed by Edith Cowan University Research Online. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/datasets/13/

Online Dataset (With a DOI)

[3]           Treatment episode dataset: Discharges (TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2011 (ICPSR 30122), V5, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, Nov. 23, 2015, doi: 10.3886/ICPSR30122.v5.

Online Dataset (With URL)

[2]           Treatment episode dataset: Discharges (TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009 (ICPSR 30122), V2, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, Aug. 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NAHDAP/studies/30122/version/2

Patents/Standards

The following examples demonstrate the format for a variety of electronic sources. These citations are the ones in widest use. Not everything is listed. Please refer to the IEEE Citation Guidelines or IEEE Editorial Style Manual for more examples (located on the “IEEE Style Guide” page).

 

Standard Format for a Patent/Standard Citation

[#]        A. Author, "Title of Patent," Patent ### ###, Mon. Day, Year.

[#]        Name of invention, by inventor's name. (Year, Mon. Day). Patent number [Medium]. Available: URL

[#]        Title of Standard, Standard number, Year.

[#]        Title of Standard, Standard number, Corporate author (if any), Location, Year.

If patent or standard is available online, include the medium and where it can be located. See examples below.

 

Patent (Online)

[1]         A. T. Greenwood, “Generating Solar Panel ownership in a risk and cost free manner,” Aus Patent 2017100501, May 6, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au

Patent (Print)

[4]        K. Kimura and A. Lipeles, “Fuzzy controller component,” U. S. Patent 14, 860,040, 14 Dec., 2006.

Standard

[1]        IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969.

Reports

The following examples demonstrate the format for a variety of electronic sources. These citations are the ones in widest use. Not everything is listed. Please refer to the IEEE Citation Guidelines or IEEE Editorial Style Manual for more examples (located on the “IEEE Style Guide” page).

 

Standard Format for a Report Citation

[#]         A. Author, "Title of Report," Name of Company, Location of Company, Report Number, Year of Publication.

 

Report (Online)

[6]        W. Weeks, A. Barthelmess, E. Rigby, G. Witheridge and R. Adamson, “Australian rainfall and runoff revision project 11: blockage of hydraulic structures,” Australian Rainfall and Runoff, Australia, P11/S1/007, November 2009. Available: http://arr.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/40510/ARR_Project_11_Stage1_report_Final.pdf

Technical Report

[3]        K. E. Elliott and C. M. Greene, “A local adaptive protocol,” Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, France, Tech. Report. 916-1010-BB, 7 Apr. 2007.

Lectures

Standard Format for a Lecture Citation

[#]           A. Author. (Year). Title of lecture [Medium]. Available: URL

If the author is unknown, the name of the university or institution may be used in its place.

 

Lecture (PowerPoint)

[6]           P. Thornton. (2019). Introduction to referencing [PowerPoint slides]. Available: https://blackboard.ecu.edu.au/

Lecture (Unknown Author)

[3]           Argosy University Online. (2012). Information literacy and communication: Module 2 filing and organization. [Online]. Available: http://www.myeclassonline.com

Theses/Dissertations

The following examples demonstrate the format for a variety of electronic sources. These citations are the ones in widest use. Not everything is listed. Please refer to the IEEE Citation Guidelines or IEEE Editorial Style Manual for more examples (located on the “IEEE Style Guide” page).

 

Standard Format for a Theses/Dissertation Citation

[#]        A. Author, "Title of Theses," Unpublished theses type, University, Location of University, Year.

 

Thesis/Dissertation

[9]        N. Kawasaki, “Parametric study of thermal and chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flow,” M.S. thesis, Dept. Electron. Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan, 1993.

Thesis/Dissertation (unpublished)

[4]        H. Zhang, “Delay- insensitive networks,” M. S. thesis, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007.