This template is provided by Duke's Graduate School to help eliminate common formatting errors (downloaded from here on 4 Feb, 2016)
Please refer to the specifications listed in the guide for thesis/dissertation submission. The manuscript must be a completed document, formatted correctly, with no sections left blank.
\documentclass[]{dukedissertation}
%\documentclass[economy,twoside,bind]{dukedissertation}
% Use the second for a single-spaced copy suitable for duplex printing
% and binding.
% Other useful options (there are more options documented in Chapter 2):
% * draft -- don't actually include images, print a black bar on overful
% hboxes
% * MS -- Format for a Master's Thesis. No UMI abstract page, some
% textual changes to title page.
% Useful packages for dissertation writing:
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts, amsthm}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathabx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{setspace}
% \usepackage{cite} % If you include this, hyperlink cites will
% break. It's nice to use this package if your bibstyle
% sorts entries by order-of-use, rather than
% alphabetically (as plain does).
%Theorem, Lemma, etc. environments
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}%[section]
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{result}[theorem]{Result}
% Personal commands and abbreviations.
%Define and personal commands here
%Graphics Path to find your pictures
\graphicspath{{./Pictures/}}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% PREAMBLE
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\author{[Your Name Here]}
\title{[Your Title Here]}
\supervisor{[Your Supervisor Here]}
\department{[Your Department Here]} % Appears as Department of \department
% Declare dissertation subject used on UMI abstract page. List of
% categories: http://dissertations.umi.com/duke/subject_categories.html
%\subject{[Your Subject Here]}
\date{2011} % Anything but the year is ignored.
% Copyright text. If undefined, default is 'All rights reserved'
% (Example sets the text to a hyperlinked Creative Commons Licence)
\copyrighttext{ All rights reserved except the rights granted by the\\
\href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/}
{Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Licence}
}
% Committee Members other than supervisor. No more than five beyond the
% supervisor allowed.
\member{[Department Committee Member \#1]}
\member{[Department Committee Member \#2]}
\member{[External Committee Member]}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% HYPERREF: plain black hypertext references for ref's and cite's.
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\usepackage[pdftex, pdfusetitle, plainpages=false,
letterpaper, bookmarks, bookmarksnumbered,
colorlinks, linkcolor=black, citecolor=black,
filecolor=black, urlcolor=black]
{hyperref}
\begin{document}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% TITLE PAGE -- provides UMI abstract title page & copyright if appropriate
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\maketitle
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% ABSTRACT -- included file should start with '\abstract'.
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\include{{./Abstract/abstract}}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% DEDICATION -- OPTIONAL. Put the text inside the braces.
% (Long 'dedications' probably belong in the acknowledgements)
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\dedication{If you want to dedicate your thesis to anyone do so here}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% FRONTMATTER -- ToC is required, LoT and LoF are required if you have any
% tables or figures, respectively. List of Abbreviations and Symbols is
% optional.
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\tableofcontents % Automatically generated
\listoftables % If you have any tables, automatically generated
\listoffigures % If you have any figures, automatically generated
\include{{./Abbreviations/listofabbr}} % List of Abbreviations. Start file with '\abbreviations'
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- included file should start with '\acknowledgements'
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\include{{./Acknowledgements/acknowledgements}}
%==============================================================================
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%
% MAIN BODY OF PAPER
%
%
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\include{{./Chapter1/introduction}}
\include{{./Chapter2/guide-notes}} % A regular chapter, starts with '\chapter{Title}'
\include{{./Chapter3/chRegularLook}}
\include{{./Chapter4/chLorem}}
\include{{./Chapter5/chLorem2}}
%==============================================================================
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% APPENDICES -- OPTIONAL. These are just chapters enumerated by Appendix A,
% Appendix B, Appendix C...
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\appendix
\include{{./Appendix1/chLorem3}} % Start with '\chapter{Title}'
%You can always add more appendices here if you want
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% BIBLIOGRAPHY -- uncomment \nocite{*} to include items in 'mybib.bib' file
% that aren't cited in the text. Change the style to match your
% discipline's standards. Of course, if your bibliography file isn't called
% 'mybib.bib' you might want to change that here too :)
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%\nocite{*} - if you use this it will put EVERYTHING in your .bib file into the references even if you don't cite it in the text
\bibliographystyle{./Bibliography/jasa} %Formats bibliography
\cleardoublepage
\normalbaselines %Fixes spacing of bibliography
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography} %adds Bibliography to your table of contents
\bibliography{./Bibliography/References} %your bibliography file - change the path if needed
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
% BIOGRAPHY -- Start file with '\biography'. Mandatory for Ph.D.
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------%
\include{{./Biography/biography}}
%-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
% You're done :)
\end{document}