Writing a Research Proposal/ Thesis/Paper

So as a final year student, we are required to hand in a research proposal, complete with rationale, literature review and methodology. In the past, I always did my assignments on Microsoft Word... can't go wrong there, but when it comes to papers that are more formal, I was introduced to... Latex (pronounced lay-tech).

First, install:

this...

This is miktex... and you'll need it, don't ask questions just do it.

Then install the ghostscript:

here....

And finally, the editor, texmaker:

this....

After installing all that, just open up TEX and start writing your paper!

Here's an example to get started:

\documentclass[10pt]{article}

\usepackage{color} % use if color is used in text

\usepackage{natbib}

\begin{document}

\author{Treehugger}

\title{Test!!!}

\maketitle

\newpage

\tableofcontents

\section{Introduction and Rationale}

\newpage

\section{What??}

This document illustrates the use of BibTeX\@. You may want to refer to

\cite{ahu61} or \cite{ab94} or \cite{m85}.

Or you may want to cite a

specific page in a reference, like this: see \citet[p.~199]{m85}. Or

perhaps you want to cite more than one paper by Maskin: \cite{m85, m99}.

Or you want to make a parenthetical reference to one or more articles, in which case the \verb+\citealt+ in the \texttt{te.bst} bibliography style omits the parentheses\footnote{yet how do i use this} around the year (\citealt{ahu61}).

\bibliographystyle{te}

\bibliography{research}

\end{document}

In this case, you'll need a separate file that is titled "research.bib" which is your bibtex. More on that when I figure out how to use it! I'm still new at this too~