Queen's Thesis Format by Michelle L. Crane, Queen's University, 2003
The template is publicly available for downloading from the following link: http://sites.cs.queensu.ca/gradseries/help/doc_writing/thesistemplate/thesisTemplate.htm
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% PREAMBLE STUFF
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% Instead of inserting my \usepackage and defined commands here, I keep them in a separate file
\include{myPreamble}
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% INCLUDE ONLY
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% Use if you want to include only certain parts of the document, example \includeonly{introduction}
% in order to speed up compile time when you're focussing on some particular part.
%\includeonly{}
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% DOCUMENT
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\begin{document}
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% TITLE
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\title{Thesis Title\\[1ex]Second Line if Necessary}
\author{Author Name}
\dept{School of Computing}
\degree{Master of Science}
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% \submitdate{month year in which submitted to GPO}
% - date LaTeX'd if omitted
% \copyrightyear{ear degree conferred}
% - year LaTeX'd if omitted
% \figurespagetrue or \figurespagefalse
% - produce or don't produce a List of Figures page (true by default)
% \tablespagetrue or \tablespagefalse
% - produce or don't produce a List of Tables page (true by default)
\beforepreface
% Adding single spacing so abstract and table of contents is single spaced.
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% ABSTRACT
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\prefacesection{Abstract}
\input{Abstract}
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% CO-AUTHORSHIP (if necessary)
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%\prefacesection{Co-Authorship}
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% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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\prefacesection{Acknowledgments}
Blah blah blah.
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% STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY (required CHEM, CISC, GEOL, MATH, PHYS (Ph.D. only))
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\prefacesection{Statement of Originality}
Only required by CHEM, COMPUTING, GEOL, MATH and Physics (Ph.D. ONLY!).
\singlespacing \afterpreface \doublespacing
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% MEATY CHAPTERS
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%Testing my index\index{index} abilities. And
%sub-entry\index{index!subentry} abilities.
% This command can be used to view the page layout for this document
% \layout
% Here, I'm tweaking how much space is put above and below floats.
% Comment out if you want the *purest* latex spacing.
%\setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{3pt plus1pt minus1pt}
%\setlength{\abovedisplayshortskip}{3pt plus1pt minus1pt}
%\setlength{\belowdisplayskip}{3pt plus1pt minus1pt}
%\setlength{\belowdisplayshortskip}{3pt plus1pt minus1pt}
% Include my chapter texts - kept separated to make editing easier.
%\include{Glossary}
\include{Introduction}
\include{Background}
\include{Alloy}
\include{Embee_UserPerspective}
\include{Embee_Implementation}
\include{Conclusion}
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% BIBLIOGRAPHY
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% This GATHER command is useful for when you want to use WinEdt's Gather functionality, i.e., type
% \cite{} and a popup box appears with all of your citations to choose from. Leave the % on the next line.
%GATHER{thesis.bib}
% Put in \nocite{*} so all entries in the bibliography are included
%\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{thesis}
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% APPENDICES
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\updatechaptername
%\appendixpage
\appendix
\include{App_AnalyzerCode}
\include{App_ExtraAnalysis}
%\addappheadtotoc
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% GLOSSARY
% Using a glossary is more than beginners need to know; leaving the packages, etc. here for now.
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%\usepackage[nonumberlist]{glossaries}
%\usepackage[refpages]{gloss} % for my glossary
% refpages shows the first page where the term occurs
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% Tell Latex to make a glossary
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%\makeglossaries % tell latex to make the glossary
%\glossarystyle{list}
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% INDEX
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% Here's where the index would be printed, if you created one. Remove the % on the next line.
%\printindex
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\end{document}