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| Some notes to help students write up. | Some notes to help students write up. | ||
| - | **LaTeX:** | + | ===== LaTeX ===== |
| Use the prepared thesis format. You may prefer to tweak this to your satisfaction (e.g. you may prefer a report-style rather than a book-style). | Use the prepared thesis format. You may prefer to tweak this to your satisfaction (e.g. you may prefer a report-style rather than a book-style). | ||
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| - | **Bibliographies:** | + | ===== Bibliographies |
| Best to use natbib in conjunction with bibtex. See the .bib file in thesis-template. Use Google Scholar to quickly obtain the metadata for bibtex. | Best to use natbib in conjunction with bibtex. See the .bib file in thesis-template. Use Google Scholar to quickly obtain the metadata for bibtex. | ||
| - | **Illustrations | + | ===== Illustrations |
| Images take time to create! (At least) two choices: | Images take time to create! (At least) two choices: | ||
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| If you want a truly professional format, use LaTeX overpic package to annotate the images. Again this takes time. | If you want a truly professional format, use LaTeX overpic package to annotate the images. Again this takes time. | ||
| - | **Outputting images from Matlab** | + | ===== Outputting images from Matlab |
| You may be using Matlab to create graphics. Some considerations: | You may be using Matlab to create graphics. Some considerations: | ||
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| cd ~/ | cd ~/ | ||
| + | ===== Last minute checks ===== | ||
| + | I usually give a checklist of things to check. | ||
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| + | - Run your writing through a grammar and spelling checker. For example, you can install LanguageTool for your browser (if editing on Overleaf) or desktop. | ||
| + | - Check that all your figures are referenced within the text. The references should occur before the figure placement. | ||
| + | - Check that all your figure annotations are clear (they are often too small). If they are not clear, you can input them manually in the caption rather than re-generating the figure. | ||
| + | - Check that all your figure captions are self-sufficient. Parameter values should be stated, and generally anything that would require a reader to reproduce and immediately understand your image with minimal viewing of the rest of the document. | ||
| + | - Hardcore initials in the bibliography (e.g. Trinh, Philippe H becomes " | ||
| + | - Use a [[https:// | ||
| + | - Double check titles in your bibliography to ensure that the capitals are protected. So "Study of the Stokes phenomenon" | ||