As I was writing my dissertation, there was no simple way to meet the Division of Graduate Education's (DGE) request for formatting an electronic thesis/dissertation (ETD) at Montana State University (MSU). I started by fitting together something that Prof. Steve Shaw and his grad students had written which was in turn based on a Georgia Tech style guide among other things. This yielded moderate results so I stepped on their shoulders to see farther and made my own.
After I graduated I thought it good to give back to the community, especially to other grad students. Thus, I decided to maintain the style guide as needed. I hope this works as a function to disseminate this guide to everyone.
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This LaTeX style guide works to meet requirements for either a dissertation (default option) or a thesis.
Good News!! 19-Jun-2010
Thanks to user Andrew Slaughter and his alertness, I was able to implement a way to automatically add the "-- Continued" to the table of contents, list of tables, etc. No longer is there a need to use the "\nofiles" switch and edit latex files. This is great!
Below are the files needed. Instructions are in the .cls file, the .tex file and the READme.txt.
MSUstyle.cls <- updated 19-Jun-2010
My favorite bibliography style or for those in Environmental Sciences, Rebecca Taylor suggests this bibliography style.
Example files all zipped with everything here MSU_LaTeX_seth.zip
Example dissertation output MYmsuETD_output.pdf
Below are a few pages of tips and tricks.
Please leave comments on successes you have had and information about how to get it to work for you.
Comments:
Thanks for keeping this going. The DGE appreciates all you have done!
Laura