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Formatting Aids
Templates and Examples
Information is provided to assist College of Education Master's and Doctoral students in formatting of their thesis or dissertation. Following are files that allow students to view an example and assist with the format of their manuscript.
THE BLUE BOOK: A Uniform System of Citation |
MLA |
LaTeX
LaTeX is a coding language, not a formatting style. You may use LaTeX to code your thesis/dissertation
into APA , Chicago, MLA, or Turabian format.
Workshop Materials
Each semester, the Thesis Format Office offers a workshop which covers the key points in formatting. Please visit the Workshop web site for our next workshop date. Materials presented during the most recent workshop are to assist Master's and Doctoral students by providing supplementary information to the Template and Format Help discussed above.
Handout from our Workshop
Title Page
It is imperative that you measure out your title page using a ruler to obtain the exact measurements put forth by the College of Education. Your title must begin two inches from the top of your paper. BY needs to sit on the 3.5 inch ruler mark. THESIS or DISSERTATION must sit at the 5.5 inch ruler mark. Urbana, Illinois must sit at the 7.5 inch ruler mark. Double space and type Masters or Doctoral Committee 1.5 inches from the left paper's edge. Below this, your ruler measurement needs to be 8 inches. Now indent 2 inches from the edge of your paper and type your committee members names beginning with your chair. Click here for an example (PDF file)
Headings
A quick reference guide to the usage of headings in Thesis/Dissertation manuscripts using APA, Chicago, or Turabian formats is available here. This reference sheet includes definitions and examples of each headings as well as the various acceptable patterns.
Technology Handouts from the Instructional Computing Laboratory
All handouts are University of Illinois, College of Education copyrighted materials. These handouts may be printed for not-for-profit, educational purposes as long as credit is given to the author and the University of Illinois, College of Education.