The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. publishes the IEEE Standards Style Manual, which describes the optional and required contents and referencing conventions of drafts for working groups and instructions on submitting drafts for IEEE-SA Standards Board approval and publication. The 2000 revision of the IEEE Standards Style Manual has been substantially reordered and reorganized and is available online at http://standards.ieee.org/guides/style/. A copy of this Manual is also available at the Consultant's desk in the Writing Center at Rensselaer.

There are two types of citations used in IEEE standards style, references and a bibliography .