On Friday, Sept 29th, Patrick will be presenting the last in this year’s Grad-Life 101 series, Introduction to Advanced Writing. He will be talking about reference managers (EndNote vs Mendeley) and giving a very brief introduction into the world of LaTeX, a way to write documents, articles, and your thesis which takes a lot of the frustrations out of working with Microsoft Word.

In preparation for this week’s session, it is recommended to download some files and programs in advance and bring your computer to the session to follow along with hands-on examples.

• First, you may want to download Mendeley for a reference manager.
• For LaTeX, you can download the programs required either for Mac or Windows. These can be large downloads, so don’t wait till the last minute. While I recommend running it from your computer, there are also online options like ShareLaTeX.com.
• Finally, download the examples and some resources Patrick has put together for the day: LaTeX Info and Examples

Again, everyone is welcome, not just new grad students, especially if you want to learn a little about LaTeX. We hope to see you Friday at noon in CHE 2108!