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Theses or dissertations (print)
Citation Elements
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, "Title of thesis," Type of thesis Ph.D. dissertation [ie.doctoral dissertation] or M.S. thesis [ie. master's thesis], Department, University, Place, State, Country, Year of Publication. |
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Masters thesis showing department abbreviations |
Example where standard words abbrevate the name of the "Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering" become "Dept. Elect. and Comput. Syst. Eng.," See also that you are using the standard abbreviations for theses and dissertations |
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Note: City and Country details are needed for theses authored outside of the United States. |
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Note: City only is required if dissertation or theses is authored within United States. |
This is the preferred method for referencing an online thesis or dissertation over the online thesis with a URL. You can only use this method if you have a DOI.
Citation Elements
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, "Title of thesis," Type of thesis Ph.D. dissertation [ie.doctoral dissertation] or M.S. thesis [ie. master's thesis], Department, University, Place, State, Country, Year of Publication. |
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Masters thesis with a DOI |
As MIT stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology the location details Cambridge, Massachusetts, is simplified to Cambridge. |
Only use this method if your online thesis does not have a DOI
Citation Elements
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, "Title of thesis," Type of thesis Ph.D. dissertation [ie.doctoral dissertation] or M.S. thesis [ie. master's thesis], Department, University, Place, State, Country, Year of Publication. |
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Masters thesis with a permanent URL |
IEEE has not provided guidelines for theses which have a full text online version with a URL. Recently published theses may have a print copy as well as an online version. In most cases, Universities are making recently published theses publicly available online from University repositories. The elements from the example for "world wide web" publications was followed, so the details were added to the end of the citation: [Type of medium]. Available: http://www.(URL). Disclaimer: This is one interpretation, so if in doubt, check with your supervisor. |