Questions tagged [thesis]
{thesis} sometimes referred to as dissertation – a document written by students as part of their degree fulfillment. Use this tag for questions related to thesis-specific requirements.
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Best practice for structuring a long thesis with \input
I am about to start writing my thesis, which will be a fairly long document.
I would like to organize the project in a clean and maintainable way using.
This is what I came up with, is it good, or is ...
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MiKTeX on Windows for writing a PhD thesis in Cyrillic alphabet
I am trying to write my PhD thesis in Bulgarian language using LaTeX (although I have very little knowledge about LaTeX and all its nitty-gritty) and currently I am trying to use a portable MiKTeX ...
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APA citation in scientific text
I am writing my thesis using the APA citation style. I am using the author's name to refer to the text, but I am confused. I am using \textcite{nockleby2000hate} in the beginning, so do I still need ...
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XeTeX main_thesisonly prints a part of my chapter. Multibib prints [?] in the output
I'm using XeLaTeX to write my PhD Thesis. The main file only prints 23 pages of the first chapter even though i wrote a lot more. The multibib isn't printed, only signaled as [?] in the output and isn'...
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Reformat front matter of dissertation template according to University rules
I am a somewhat new user of this site. I am about to submit my final PhD dissertation (mathematics), and have been using the following Overleaf dissertation template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/...
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making appendix for thesis
I need some help with creating an appendix for my thesis. I have about 10 figures which need to be in the appendix. I have a good appendix with the following code:
\appendix
\addcontentsline{toc}{...
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Chapter title with a colored background that spans to the even page
I'm trying to add some style to my PhD thesis by customising the chapter openings.
For numbered chapters, I'd like to have both the previous even page and the title page (odd) with a coloured ...
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Help Needed: Creating a Framed Abstract Page in LaTeX
I have a designated format for my master's thesis provided by my school. I would like to insert an abstract page, similar to the link below, right after the cover page in my thesis.
https://drive....
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How to Create a Table of Contents Format Like This in LaTeX?
Basically what the title says. I need my Table of Contents to look like the one in the image. I tried searching online but couldn't find anything similar—either because it doesn't exist or because I ...
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Adding a line on the table of content manually using Hebrew numbering in Overleaf file (Latex code)
I have to add to my thesis a line in the table of the content manually of Hebrew abstract with number "א", please see attached figure to understand what I mean, here is my Latex code, I ...
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APA7 referencing in Overleaf
is there a simple way to reference in APA7 style in overleaf? I'm fairly new to LaTeX and the things I found so far are all very confusing or not conform APA7. I'd prefer to use a Bibtex entry to ...
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Modifying reference style in thesis template
I'm trying to modify the reference style in the Cambridge engineering thesis template to display references in the bibliography in AIP-like style at the request of my supervisor.
The default ...
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Add hanging indents in list of figure entries in Latex
I am writing my Thesis. However the i am facing a problem while formatting list of Figure. I wanted to know how could I add hanging indents to the Figure Captions So that it is alligned to the first ...
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Markdown vs latex for thesis
I have to face the decision what markup I use for my thesis (mostly mathematical formulas). I don't want to start learning the chosen language while I should focus on my thesis. I don't know much ...
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Starting a PhD; Any guides to setting up a 'system'?
I'm starting a PhD and am being overwhelmed with the different possible ways people do things, and how they very rarely mix.
I'm (obviously) sold on TeXing it, and have a ViM background I intend on ...
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