• Basic format to reference a Ph. D Dissertation
• Basic format to reference a Master or Bachelor thesis
• Referencing theses: Examples

• IEEE Referencing
• Citing sources in the text
• Resources used in the creation of this guide
• The Reference List
• Single citation in the text
• Multiple citations in the text
• How to use quotes in IEEE
• Paraphrasing in IEEE
• Secondary sources
• Month abbreviations
• Word abbreviations in references
• Common IEEE abbreviations and acronyms
• Page numbers
• Citing the same source multiple times
• Place of publication
• DOI in IEEE

 [#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of thesis or dissertation,” Type of thesis (Ph.D. dissertation or M.S. thesis), Abbrev. Dept., Abbrev. Univ., City of University, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not 'well known'), Year of Publication. Accessed on: Abbrev. Month. Day, Year. [Type of medium]. Available: site/path/file

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
• Title of dissertation, in lowercase and double quotation marks
• Ph.D. dissertation or M.S. thesis
• Abbreviation of the Academic Department, Faculty or College that awarded the Ph.D. or the M.S. thesis
• Abbreviation of the University
• City of University
• State Abbreviation
• Year of Publication 
• Accesses on : abbreviated month, day and year of publication
• Type of medium
• Available: site/path/file

Example:

[1]    K. Jegathala Krishnan, "Implementation of renewable energy to reduce carbon consumption and fuel cell as a back-up power for national broadband network (NBN) in Australia," Ph.D dissertation, College of Eng. and Sc., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, 2013. Accessed on: June 16, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://vuir.vu.edu.au/25679/

[2]    M. T. Long, "On the statistical correlation between the heave, pitch and roll motion of road transport vehicles,"  M.S. thesis, College of Eng. and Sc., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Mar. 2016. Accessed on: Mar. 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://vuir.vu.edu.au/32281/1/LONG%20Michael%20-%20Thesis.pdf

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), “Title of thesis,” B.S. thesis, Abbrev. Dept., Abbrev. Univ., City of Univ., (U.S. State or Country if the City is not 'well known''), Year of Publication. 

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name(s)
• Title of thesis, in lowercase and double quotation marks
• B.S. thesis for Bachelor’s thesis
• Abbreviation of the Academic Department, Faculty or College that awarded the degree
• Abbreviation of the University
• City of University
• State Abbreviation
• Year of Publication 

[2]   J. O. Williams, “Acoustic analysis of sound,” B.S. Thesis, Sch. of Eng. and Appl. Sciences., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, 2013.