How to Cite Sources in the Reference List. In the final section of a technical report, all cited sources appear in the order in which they were cited in the text, and each one begins with its number. Each source is identified as fully as possible so that report readers may easily retrieve it for their own purposes. The data included for each reference vary according to the type of source. For example, book citations include a publisher, but journal citations do not.
Some journals provide volume and issue numbers, while others simply date each issue.
In all cases, provide all the data available to you when you cite the source. You may find that you do not have all the data you would like. Following are examples of reference lists that give you several models of formatting conventions within the Number System. These models are drawn from diverse publications in order to demonstrate a range of sources. These models follow the formatting conventions used in IEEE publications.