Engineering: Referencing

Please ask your lecturer if you are not sure which referencing style you should use for your assignment.

Please ask your lecturer if you are not sure which referencing style you should use for your assignment.

The IEEE style is a numeric style, very similar to Vancouver, where citations are numbered [1] in the order of appearance. This citation leads your reader to a full reference to the source in the list of references at the end of your work.  The library does not support IEEE but it is increasingly used within the Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science disciplines.

EndNote will:  store and manage references in your own database so you don't lose track of them. work with Word to format your references in a wide range of styles.  import references from many online databases such as Web of Science without you having to type them in.

To find our more about EndNote visit our EndNote Library Guide.

Mendeley allows you to collect, manage, share and use references you find in the course of your research. It can be used with Word to add citations and produce a reference list within a document. Mendeley has a web-based element that can be used with any Internet browser; however you need to use the desktop element to use the Citation PlugIn with Word. Mendeley is freely available.  Mendeley will:

• share references with other Mendeley users
• store full text PDFs within yur library and allow annotation
• create bibliographies and 'cite while you write' (separate free plug-in required - not compatable with Word 365).

To find out more about Mendeley email Library-EngineeringScience@swansea.ac.uk