How recent are the references in your thesis or dissertation? Have you only cited papers from the last few years? Or have you gone back to find dozens of pre-war publications? I thought it would be interesting to find out, so I made a python script to plot the publications in your thesis. In my… Read More »
If you’re writing a large document like a thesis or a dissertation, Latex is probably the tool for the job. In this post I use the natbib and bibunits packages to insert a list of your publications into your thesis. Find Latex Beginner’s Guide on Amazon [Sponsored Link] Step 1. Set up Your Tex File… Read More »
Make Your Life Easier With a Latex Thesis Template Writing your PhD thesis can be a daunting task. If you decide to use latex to write your thesis, one way you can make your life easier is with a a latex thesis template. I’ve seen people spend days or weeks trying to get the ‘look’… Read More »
The siunitx Latex Package When you’re writing your thesis or dissertation it can be important to be consistent with how you typeset them. The siunitx Latex package helps you typeset units consistently by automatically setting things like spacing, unit symbols and prefixes. Download the documentation for siunitx Visit the CTAN site Here are some examples… Read More »
Log your wordcount in Latex texlog.py is a simple python script for logging your wordcount in latex. The logging output put is saved as simple comma separated values which you can easily load into plotting software. Download texlog.py from github Building on texcount If you use Latex for writing documents, you may well already be… Read More »