IEEE (with URL) Referencing Guide
(updated Apr 2024)


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How to do citations in IEEE (with URL) style?

This is the Citationsy guide to IEEE (with URL) citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in IEEE (with URL).

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How do you cite a book in the IEEE (with URL) referencing style? (2024 Guide)

A book citation in IEEE (with URL) always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

Here’s an example book citation in IEEE (with URL) using placeholders:
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F. N. Last Name, Title, Edition. City: Publisher, 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
IEEE (with URL) citation:
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M. Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in IEEE (with URL) looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the IEEE (with URL) citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in IEEE (with URL) format?

A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in IEEE (with URL)

Here’s a IEEE (with URL) journal citation example using placeholders:
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Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F., “Title”, Container, vol. Volume, no. Issue, p. pages Used, Jan. 2000, doi: DOI. [Online]. Available: URL. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in IEEE (with URL):
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C. Petit and J. Sieffermann, “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?”, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 161-172, Jan. 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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How to cite a website in a paper in IEEE (with URL) style?

Citing your sources is a necessary part of any research paper. To cite a website in IEEE (with URL) this is what you need

Here’s an IEEE (with URL) example website reference:
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Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F., “Title”, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.example.com. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
To reference the article located at this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
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M. Tran, “Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President”, 05-Nov.-2008. [Online]. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video IEEE (with URL) in 2024

While you might first think of books, journal articles, and news websites as go-to sources for academic work, YouTube also provides a wealth of quality information. Here’s how to cite it in IEEE (with URL)

Here’s a IEEE (with URL) citation YouTube video example:
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ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
So how to cite a video IEEE (with URL)?
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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 03-Jun.-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using IEEE (with URL) referencing style

Are you listening to a history, philosophy, or literature podcast and you want to cite it in a presentation or research paper. Here’s how to do it in IEEE (with URL)

It is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in IEEE (with URL).
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F. Lastname, “Title”. Publisher, 01-Jan.-2000 [Online]. Available: http://www.example.com. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
Podcast referencing example in IEEE (with URL) using “This American Life” episode 640:
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This American Life, “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio, 02-Mar.-2018 [Online]. Available: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a piece of music or a song using IEEE (with URL) referencing style?

Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in IEEE (with URL)

An example song citation in IEEE (with URL).
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F. Lastname, Song Title. 2000 [Online]. Available: http://www.example.com. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in IEEE (with URL):
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun. 1969 [Online]. Available: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150. [Accessed: 19-Apr.-2024]
And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]


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