Software
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
Format for in-text citation
[#]
In-text citation example
As shown by [8]…
OR
Martin [5] and Barton and Farley [16]…
OR
Zellwinger et al. [48]…
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation and capitalization
[#] Title of software. (version or year), Publisher name. Accessed: Date (when applicable). [Type of medium]. Available: URL
Reference list example
[1] MATLAB 9.5. (2018), Mathworks.
[2] Trinket. (2018), Trinket. [Online]. Available: trinket.io
Style notes
- [#] Place the number in brackets (e.g. [1], [4] – [9], [27]… etc. Cites sources: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 27).
- Citations are numbered in the order they appear in the source.
- The source retains the same number as the first citation.
- The number appears on the line, in square brackets, inside the punctuation [#].
- Month abbreviations: Abbreviated months (E.g. Jun, Sep) are used in IEEE. Please see the IEEE Reference guide for all abbreviations
- Dates: Use the Abbreviated month. Day, Year. Format for adding the date, for example: Jun. 3, 2018.
- In text citations: If there are more than three authors, use the primary author followed by et al.
- In the reference list: If there are more than six names listed, use the primary author followed by et al.
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