The next examples are acceptable methods for formatting your thesis and chapters when including a number of publications.
Essential needs
All theses with publications must possess the following:
- Title page
- Abstract
- Declaration
- Preface – noting collaborations, and contributions to authorship
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
- Listing of tables, figures illustrations
- Primary text/chapters
- Bibliography or listing of references
- Appendices
Primary text examples
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Literature review
- Chapter 3: Methods
- Chapter 4: Paper 1 general discussion
- Chapter 5: Paper 2
- Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter – results
- Chapter Seven. Regular thesis chapter/general discussion tying in printed and unpublished work
- Chapter 8: Conclusion
- Appendices – Can include CD, DVD or any other material, also reviews methods papers
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Methods
- Chapter 3: Paper 1 (PDF)
- Chapter 4: Regular thesis chapter
- Chapter 5: Regular thesis chapter
- Chapter 6: Regular thesis chapter
- Chapter Seven: Regular thesis chapter, final preliminary study
- Chapter 8: General discussion
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Methods
- Chapter 3: Major paper (PDF)
- Chapter 4: Normal thesis chapter, final preliminary study
- Chapter 5: General discussion
Chapter examples
- Introduction – including specific aims and ideas
- PDF of paper
- Introduction – including specific aims, ideas
- Methods – results (including validation, preliminary) not incorporated within the paper
- Results (including validation, preliminary) not incorporated in paper
- PDF of paper
- Discussion – growth of paper discussion, further method development