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Cite sources properly in IEEE or APA style
Correct citation is how you give credit and how readers check your claims. Use the style your department asks for, consistently, and cite more than just papers.
Start: Use IEEE style correctly if your department asks for it3 practices in this chapter
- 1Use IEEE style correctly if your department asks for itIEEE is the most common style in computing and engineering departments. Its core rules, from the IEEE Reference Guide and university guides based on it: In the text: a number in square brackets, such…
- 2Use APA author-date style correctly if your department asks for itSome departments, particularly in information systems and interdisciplinary programmes, use APA (7th edition). Its core rules: In the text: author surname and year, such as (Khan & Ali, 2024) or…
- 3Cite figures, datasets, code and tools, not only papersCredit applies to everything you did not create yourself: Figures and tables taken or adapted from a source: add "Adapted from [4]" or "Source: (Khan & Ali, 2024)" in the caption. Redrawing a diagram…
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