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IEEE Style: References: Other web content

Websites

Notes: 

  • Web content generally includes only the Accessed date, but not the publication date.

[#]    Author. “Page Title.” Website Title. Date Accessed. [Online]. Available: Web Address.

Named Author

[1]    D. Barron, X. Li, and Q. Li, "Can AI solve the clinical data problem?" Editor's Blog, Science. Accessed Aug. 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/can-ai-solve-clinical-data-problem

Corporate Author

[2]    Los Alamos National Laboratory, "LANL Engineering Standards." Accessed Aug. 9, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://engstandards.lanl.gov/

No Author

[3]   “Dynamixel Pro,” Robotis. Accessed Oct. 30, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.robotis.us/dynamixel-pro/

ChatGPT

The IEEE Reference Guide does not include guidance on citing generative AI. According to a statement circulated on an engineering librarians mailing list, IEEE representatives have advised that "AI-generated material is not considered a valid reference and should not be cited nor included as a reference". For papers submitted to IEEE journals or conferences, however, IEEE requires full disclosure of AI content and the AI system used to generate it in an Acknowledgments section.

For course assignments requiring IEEE citation style, your instructor may be able to share recommendations for citing AI in their course.

One recommendation would be to follow IEEE's guidance for private communications. To cite Chat GPT, for instance, this might appear as follows: 

[13] Open AI ChatGPT, private communication, Aug. 2023.

Because this citation provides limited detail, you should provide context about your ChatGPT prompt and information generated by ChatGPT in the text of the paper. 

(Credit: University of Wisconsin)

Datasets & Data

Include a period if you only include the DOI number but not for anything formatted as a URL.

With a URL

[#]    Author, Date, “Title of Dataset,” Source. [Online]. Available: http://www.url.com

[4]   S. Ansolabehere, M. Palmer, and A. Lee, Jan. 20, 2014, “Precinct-Level Election Data. V1,” Harvard Election Data Archive. [Online]. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21919 UNF:5:5C9UfGjdLy2ONVPtgr45qA==

[5]    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2013, “Treatment Episode Dataset: Discharges (TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies. [Online]. Available: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/SAMHDA/studies/30122/version/

With a DOI

Author, Date, “Title of Dataset,” Source, http://dx.doi.org/xxxxxxxxx.

[6]    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Aug. 2013, “Treatment Episode Dataset: Discharges (TEDS-D): Concatenated, 2006 to 2009,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Health Services http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30122.v2

Missing info?

If you can't find all of the citation details, you can leave out:

  • volume, issue, or page numbers of periodicals
  • publishing or hosting organization

Be aware that a lot of missing information can raise questions about credibility and reliability, especially for web sources. If a source has very little citation information, see if you can find a more reputable source to provide similar information instead. 

Missing author? 

Named authors are frequently missing on web-based content. In that case, you can:

  • Use the hosting website or organization in the author position. For example, Los Alamos National Laboratory as an author on this page.
  • Begin with the title. For example, "Dynamixel Pro" on this page.