Thesis Template

General

I wrote, formatted, and edited my thesis using TeXworks, a free, open-source TeX editing software. (You can download it and all necessary associated files using that link.) The formatting used in these documents was accepted by the Graduate School in August, 2014, but you should probably check if there are any changes in the requirements.

Files

I've uploaded a .zip file with all of the .tex files you need to compile my thesis. (There are also separate folders with the references and figures.)

The main file is the file called "thesis.tex". This is the main file that calls all of the other files; it's the only one you ever have to "run". It calls all of the other .tex files, and it automatically generates a PDF every time you run it. (To "run" or typeset the document in TeXworks, use CTRL+T or click on the green circle with the arrow in the top left of the screen.) For all the other .tex files, you just make changes in them, and then save. Then you run thesis.tex, and the changes will be reflected in the new PDF.

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For keeping track of references, both for the thesis and in general, I recommend Mendeley, a free reference manager. It stores PDFs, is searchable, and it creates (and automatically updates!) a bibTeX file that creates handles the references in the thesis.

talk about basic commands \cite{} \label{} \ref{} \begin{equation, eqnarray}

other zip files - for alternative formats