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IEEE citation style

Manual

Use the following model for documents such as product or software manuals. To cite a document such as a corporate handbook, use the technical report model.

Model for a manual

  1. J. K. Author or Organization Name. The software manual title. (Year) [Medium]. Place: Publisher or Organization that produced it. Available: site/path/file, Accessed: Month. Day, Year.

Examples

Product manual

  1. ST, TN0018 Technical note: Surface mounting guidelines for MEMS sensors in an LGA package. (2017) [Online]. Switzerland: STMicroelectronics NV. Available: https://www.st.com/content/st_com/en/products/mems-and-sensors/accelerometers/ais328dq.html, Accessed: Dec. 13, 2017.

Software manual

  1. J. H. Weber et al., Getting Started with LibreOffice 5.2. (2017) [Online]. LibreOffice Documentation Team. Available: https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/GS5.2/GS52-GettingStartedLO.pdf, Accessed: Dec. 13, 2017.

Note: to cite a printed manual (not an online electronic source) do not include the "Available:" and "Accessed:" portions of the reference.

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