Latex Sample For Research Paper

Sample LATEX-Based Research Paper
Geordi LaForge
Abstract
Describe your paper in 100-200 words, give or take. The command-line wc utility is really
useful here! This particular sample paper is meant to demonstrate a variety of LATEX directives
for producing a well-structured, consistently-formatted scholarly document. The actual content
and outline may vary according to the needs of your specific research topic.
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Contents
1 Introduction 5
2 Background, Preliminary, and Related Work 5
3 Main Content Sections 5

3.1 Multiple Outline Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2 Tables and Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Another Section 6
4.1 Bulleted and Numbered Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2 Subsection with Another Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 Conclusion 7
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List of Figures
1 A sample figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Another sample figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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List of Tables
1 A sample table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Another sample table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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1 Introduction
You will almost certainly start with an introductory description of the topic that you investi-
gated in your assignment. Discuss any goals, motivation, or examples of the subject; the key
is to provide the reader with any information that is necessary to understand why your topic
was worth investigating. This descriptive section should also allow the reader to understand
the subsequent detail sections on the subject.
2 Background, Preliminary, and Related Work

Perhaps the most important functionality to learn for the paper is LATEX bibliography support.
Citations and references are handled automatically by LATEX through its companion program,
BibTEX. All you have to do is provide a bibliography file that provides the reference information
and internal keys (very much like variable names) that you use in your document.1
BibTEX supports virtually all kinds of references, including books [?, ?, ?, ?], parts of
books [?], articles [?, ?, ?, ?], and conference proceedings [?, ?, ?, ?, ?], to name a few. If not
already included in your LATEX distribution, download and install the url package to support
formatting of URLs; you can usually mention these in the note or howpublished fields of your
BibTEX file.
Like Section 1, a background, preliminary, and related work section is also almost certainly
needed for your paper. In this section, describe any history, work, or projects that serve as
direct contributors to the subject of your research paper. Look at other papers in the literature
to see how they organized, presented, and discussed prior work.
The Shneiderman/Plaisant text [?] provide some pointers to seminal or key works; because
they made it into the textbook they arent necessarily bleeding edge, but they likely provide
the foundation for your chosen subject matter.
3 Main Content Sections

The outline after the introductory and background, preliminary, and related work sections is
more dependent on the specific subject of your research. Remember to cite references where
appropriate, organize the material so that it flows well and is clear to the reader.
3.1 Multiple Outline Levels

LATEX has support for up to three outline levels (\section, \subsection, and \subsubsection).
It also recognizes \paragraph and \subparagraph directives, though those dont show up in
the table of contents. All of these directives expect a title.
Note also the use of the \verb directive for inserting code-like labels or symbols. It was
particularly needed here so that we can include the backslash character in the text.
3.2 Tables and Figures

LATEX has full support for tables and figures. Table 1 shows a sample table and Figure 1
shows a sample figure. Note the built-in support for captions and the automated numbering
functionality. Lists of tables and figures can also be automatically generated, as seen at the
beginning of this document.
1 And always remember to run LATEX at least twice after running BibTEX.
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
a b c
d e f
g h i
Table 1: A sample table
Figure 1: A sample figure
One very important thing to remember about how LATEX handles tables and figures by
default: you dont have to worry about where they go exactly. The general rule is that you
insert them in the source after your first reference to them, and LATEX determines their final
position. It also makes decisions on how much page space to devote to them. This all follows
LATEXs overall theme of focusing on the content of your paper, and not its format.
Just so you can see a second table, Table 2 is provided.
4 Another Section
Were adding another section just so you can see how that looks. Plus there are a few more
LATEX features to illustrate.
4.1 Bulleted and Numbered Lists

LATEX is very good at providing clean lists. Examples are shown below.
Bulleted items come out properly indented and spaced, every time.
Sub-bullets are a virtual no-brainer: just nest another itemize block.
Note how the bullet character automatically changes too.
Just keep on adding \items. . .
. . . until youre done.
Numbered lists are almost identical, except that you specify enumerate instead of itemize.
List items are specified in exactly the same way (thus making it easy to change list types).
1. A list item
2. Another list item
3. A list item with multiple nested lists
Nested lists can be of mixed types.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

a b c
d e f
g h i
Table 2: Another sample table
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Figure 2: Another sample figure
Thats a lot of power and flexibility for the price of learning a handful of directives.
(a) Like nested bullet lists, nested numbered lists also intelligently change their
numbering schemes.
(b) Meanwhile, all you have to write is \item. LATEX does the rest.
4. Back to your regularly scheduled list item
4.2 Subsection with Another Figure

We may as well include a second figure also, shown in Figure 2. The same image file is
used, but note how it can be resized. Again, observe how the positions of the tables and
figures do not necessarily match their positions in the source file, reiterating the aforementioned
LATEX functionality for deciding where these items go in the final document. You provide an
approximate location, and LATEX does the rest.
5 Conclusion
Wrap up your paper with an executive summary of the paper itself, reiterating its subject
and its major points. If you want examples, just look at the conclusions from the literature.

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2 Background, Preliminary, and Related Work 5

3 Main Content Sections 5

2 Background, Preliminary, and Related Work

3 Main Content Sections

3.1 Multiple Outline Levels

3.2 Tables and Figures

Table 1: A sample table

Figure 1: A sample figure

4.1 Bulleted and Numbered Lists

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Table 2: Another sample table

4.2 Subsection with Another Figure

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