iSci Document Format
Author
Joseph Hofmann and Sarah Symons
Last Updated
a year ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
Document Format for McMaster University's Integrated Science Program
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Allows you to insert figures
\usepackage{amsmath} % Allows you to do equations
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Formats the header
\usepackage{geometry} % Formats the paper size, orientation, and margins
\linespread{1.25} % about 1.5 spacing in Word
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} % no paragraph indents
\setlength{\parskip}{1em} % paragraphs separated by one line
\usepackage[style=authoryear-ibid,backend=biber,maxbibnames=99,maxcitenames=2,uniquelist=false,isbn=false,url=true,eprint=false,doi=true,giveninits=true,uniquename=init]{biblatex} % Allows you to do citations - does Harvard style and compatible with Zotero
\urlstyle{same} % makes a nicer URL and DOI font
\AtEveryBibitem{
\clearfield{urlyear}
\clearfield{urlmonth}
} % removes access date
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{month}} % removes months in bibliography
\AtEveryCitekey{\clearfield{month}} % removes months in citations
\renewbibmacro{in:}{} % Removes the "In" before journal names
\renewbibmacro*{editorstrg}{%from biblatex.def
\printtext[editortype]{%
\iffieldundef{editortype}
{\ifboolexpr{
test {\ifnumgreater{\value{editor}}{1}}
or
test {\ifandothers{editor}}
}
{\bibcpstring{editors}}
{\bibcpstring{editor}}}
{\ifbibxstring{\thefield{editortype}}
{\ifboolexpr{
test {\ifnumgreater{\value{editor}}{1}}
or
test {\ifandothers{editor}}
}
{\bibcpstring{\thefield{editortype}s}}%changed
{\bibcpstring{\thefield{editortype}}}}%changed
{\thefield{editortype}}}}}
\renewbibmacro*{byeditor+others}{%from biblatex.def
\ifnameundef{editor}
{}
{\printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
\addspace%added
\mkbibparens{\usebibmacro{editorstrg}}%added
\clearname{editor}%
\newunit}%
\usebibmacro{byeditorx}%
\usebibmacro{bytranslator+others}}
% The commands above from lines 20-49 change the way editors are displayed in books
\AtEveryBibitem{%
\clearlist{language}%
} % removes language from bibliography
\citetrackerfalse
% Removes ibids (ibidems)
\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{family-given} % Ensures the names of the authors after the first author are in the correct order in the bibliography
\renewcommand*{\revsdnamepunct}{} % Corrects punctuation for authors with just a first initial
\addbibresource{Example.bib} % Tells LaTeX where the citations are coming from. This is imported from Zotero
\usepackage[format=plain,
font=it]{caption} % Italicizes figure captions
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\renewcommand*{\nameyeardelim}{\addcomma\space} % Adds comma in in-text citations
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\geometry{letterpaper, portrait, margin=1in}
\setlength{\headheight}{14.49998pt}
\newcommand\titleofdoc{Title of Document} %%%%% Put your document title in this argument
\newcommand\GroupName{Group Name} %%%%% Put your group name here. If you are the only member of the group, just put your name
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{4cm} % Adjust spacings to ensure the title page is generally filled with text
\Huge{\titleofdoc}
\vspace{0.5cm}
\LARGE{optional subtitle below}
\vspace{3 cm}
\Large{\GroupName}
\vspace{0.25cm}
\large{Member Name 1, Member Name 2, Member Name 3, Member Name 4}
\vspace{3 cm}
\Large{Month Day, Year}
\vspace{0.25 cm}
\Large{Course Code}
\vfill
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\setcounter{page}{2}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\rhead{\thepage}
\lhead{\GroupName; \titleofdoc}
\section*{Major Heading} % If you want numbered sections, remove the star after \section
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Nullam quis cursus risus. Nullam vitae ligula non felis faucibus molestie. Praesent aliquam sed neque id dignissim. Morbi in lectus elementum, luctus purus eget, tempus metus. Maecenas ut blandit justo. Proin nisi nisi, pretium quis elit non, scelerisque fringilla mauris. Praesent vel velit neque. Vestibulum viverra ipsum vel lorem pellentesque, a consequat nisi vehicula. Nulla facilisi. Cras euismod, turpis sed vestibulum interdum, odio diam fringilla neque, eget auctor nunc erat quis tellus. In lobortis nunc elit, quis condimentum magna ultrices ut. Donec ipsum elit, volutpat eget enim at, venenatis egestas augue. Nam elementum ipsum in felis tristique pretium.
Etiam a mi cursus, vehicula magna id, vestibulum urna. Vivamus pharetra arcu tellus, eu dignissim felis suscipit ut. Phasellus et ligula aliquam, convallis elit quis, ullamcorper purus. Etiam turpis ligula, tincidunt sed tincidunt nec, pellentesque nec est. Fusce non mollis mi. Mauris ut elit tempor, euismod erat nec, lacinia metus. Morbi maximus neque dolor, nec pulvinar dui scelerisque et. Vestibulum efficitur mollis lobortis. In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Vestibulum ut nibh et felis scelerisque mattis a at mauris. Aliquam erat volutpat. Vivamus vel massa egestas, tempor dolor ac, imperdiet ipsum.
\section*{Major Heading}
\subsection*{Subheading}
\subsubsection*{Subsubheading}
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\begin{equation} % add * after equation for unnumbered equations
\hat{H} \psi = i \hbar \frac{\partial \Psi}{\partial t}
\end{equation}
\begin{align} % good for multi-line equations. Alternatively use gather which centers equations
\frac{D}{D_0} &= e^{-\frac{\mu}{\rho}\rho x} \\
ln\left(\frac{D}{D_0}\right) &= -\frac{\mu}{\rho}\rho x \\
x &= \frac{-ln\left(\frac{D}{D_0}\right)}{\frac{\mu}{\rho}\rho}
\end{align}
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Nulla vulputate congue felis eget scelerisque. Aenean gravida scelerisque risus, id placerat magna condimentum quis. Proin in aliquet mi. Aenean accumsan luctus malesuada. Nam volutpat volutpat sapien. Praesent vitae finibus arcu. Sed blandit eu ex non condimentum. Maecenas lacus ligula, eleifend in elit non, fermentum ultrices turpis. Morbi viverra, dolor ultrices elementum convallis, enim magna pharetra mi, sit amet molestie magna urna vel risus. Maecenas at sem leo. Nunc vulputate nisi nec commodo malesuada. Donec iaculis cursus pulvinar. Curabitur sem quam, venenatis egestas lobortis sit amet, semper a sem. Donec enim nibh, interdum at libero ut, mattis sollicitudin lectus. Duis malesuada, odio et dictum scelerisque, felis ante tristique tellus, vel suscipit mi massa suscipit nisl. Suspendisse ullamcorper enim vel nisl porttitor, non placerat ipsum maximus.
\begin{figure}[h] % h - Place the float here, i.e., approximately at the same point it occurs in the source text (however, not exactly at the spot)
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{Black Hole Image.jpg}
\caption{An Image of a Black Hole, as studied in \textcite{hawking_particle_1993}}
\end{figure}
\section*{Major Heading}
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Etiam nec malesuada ex. Vestibulum laoreet purus nec metus egestas, sit amet fringilla ipsum laoreet. Pellentesque ornare, neque in convallis maximus, quam mi facilisis felis, sed cursus dui lectus sit amet felis. Proin finibus quis urna ut sollicitudin. Vestibulum congue, ex vitae suscipit efficitur, elit quam ullamcorper est, eget tempus mi velit eget mi. Integer eget nunc eu eros cursus bibendum. Vestibulum ultrices ligula quis nulla porta malesuada. Morbi vel mi vel erat tempor consectetur sed a arcu. Phasellus convallis nibh ut erat posuere, a pharetra ipsum viverra. Praesent vulputate feugiat diam id eleifend. Phasellus iaculis ut lectus vestibulum volutpat \autocite{amjad_value_2020}.
\pagebreak
\printbibliography % If something looks strange in the bibliography, more often than not, you can modify the parameter in the .bib to fix the problem
\end{document}