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Your academic department may have posted guidelines for this. For example, the Rutgers Graduate school has posted an Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Style Guide, complete with sample pages. They...
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Your academic department may have posted guidelines for this. For example, the Rutgers Graduate school has posted an [Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Style Guide](http://gsnb.rutgers.edu/academics/electronic-thesis-and-dissertation-style-guide), complete with sample pages. They suggest an easy-to-read font in 10-12 point type, but other schools may have different requirements. Many schools may require that you use an existing style guide, such as [APA style](http://www.apastyle.org/), [MLA style](https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/), or the [Chicago Manual of Style](http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html). These will probably be available for use in a local library. Your school may use one of these, or it may have posted its own style guide, or use a hybrid of them. Check with your department website and your department advisor; they will be the final arbiter.