IEEE Potentials Referencing Guide

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This is the Citationsy guide to IEEE Potentials 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 Potentials.

How to do citations in IEEE Potentials style?

cite IEEE Potentials — Referencing Guide

How do you cite a book in the IEEE Potentials referencing style?

Here’s an example book citation in IEEE Potentials 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 Potentials 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 Potentials looks like this: [1]

How to reference a journal article in the IEEE Potentials citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in IEEE Potentials format?

Here’s a IEEE Potentials 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.

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 Potentials:

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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.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a website in a paper in IEEE Potentials style?

Here’s an IEEE Potentials 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: 04-Dec.-2021].

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: 04-Dec.-2021].

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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How to cite a YouTube video IEEE Potentials

Here’s a IEEE Potentials citation YouTube video example:

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ChannelName, “Title”, YouTube, 01-Jan.-2000. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX. [Accessed: 04-Dec.-2021].

So how to cite a video IEEE Potentials?

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Pixar, “Pizza Clip — Inside Out”, YouTube, 03-Jun.-2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ. [Accessed: 04-Dec.-2021].

And an in-text video citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a podcast using IEEE Potentials referencing style

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 Potentials.

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F. Lastname, “Title”. Publisher, 01-Jan.-2000.

Podcast referencing example in IEEE Potentials using “This American Life” episode 640:

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This American Life, “640: Five Women”. WBEZ Radio, 02-Mar.-2018.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

How to cite a piece of music or a song using IEEE Potentials referencing style?

An example song citation in IEEE Potentials.

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F. Lastname, Song Title. 2000.

Let‘s say we want to reference “Here Comes the Sun” off The Beatles “Abbey Road” album in IEEE Potentials:

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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun. 1969.

And an in-text citation would look like this: [1]

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