Tex / LaTeX at ISU

TeX / LaTeX at ISU | The Unofficial TeX/LaTeX Repository for Iowa State

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The IT Learning Pods area at Iowa State will close for good on June 30th.

Please download documents and handouts that you want from this area in the near future. Thank you.

Welcome to the Unofficial TeX/LaTeX at ISU Web Site

Listed above and below are some links to Tex resources at Iowa State University and throughout the internet. Relax, enjoy and happy TeXing!
Update Notes: The LaTeX for a Thesis workshop handout was updated on March 1, 2011. The new isuthesis documentclass & isuthesis template combination were made available on Feb. 28, 2011. LaTeX Installation Notes were updated on Feb. 28, 2011. The Intro. to LaTeX class handout was updated on Jan. 25, 2011 and the Writing a Paper with LaTeX class manual was updated on Jan. 28. 2011.

Local Additions and Examples:

The isuthesis package - for creating a thesis at Iowa State.
Local Natbib styles - local modifications to some standard Natbib bibliographic style files mainly for use with the isuthesis package
Threeparttop example (PDF) & style file - an early version of the threeparttop style file which is used in the isuthesis package
Fancyheadings example (PDF) - replacement for threeparttop which now comes with standard LaTeX
Resume example (PDF) & style file - old resume example and resume style file
Spanish Babel Extended Example (PDF) - an extended Spanish Babel Example [Babel Documentation]

Local and Thesis Links:

Intro. to LaTeX and ISUthesis package class notes
ISU Dept. of Statistics - includes information on MiKTeX
REU Program in Mathematics - includes its own Intro. to LaTeX and some initial tasks to complete
Son of Citation Machine - helps you create perfect citations for your thesis or dissertation