Common Links

• How to get office 365 for free using your SUSTech account
• New Member Registration Form @ BionicDL
• Suppliers

Guidelines

• “How to Write a Paper” by Mike Ashby
• “Using tenses in scientific writing” by Melbourne University
• “Common uses of tenses in academic writing” and “Tense tendencies in theses and dissertations” by Shane Bryson
• “Academic Writing for Graduate Students” by John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak
• How to use Solidworks?
• How to use Mendeley?
• How to use Overleaf?
• How to use Fusion360?
• How to access software provided by Monash?

General Templates

• Latex:
  • elsarticle.cls:
    • General Latex Template on Overleaf
    • Detailed documentation
  • elsarticle.cls for Monash SIR Group:
    • Preferred Elsevier bibliography style: Harvard
    • Monash SIR Group Overleaf Template
  • Type Mathematical Equations in Latex
    • HostMath: an online tool to type math equations directly and convert it into latex code
    • SciWeavers: another online tool to type math equations directly and convert it into latex code
    • ShareLatex: some helpful notes on math in latex
    • CheetSheet: a summary of codes for math in latex
  • Tables with Latex
    • TableGenerator: This is a handy tool, try saving it after creating it so that you can edit it later in Latex format
  • Cross-referencing (how to cite figures, sections, and stuff in latex)
    • ShareLatex on Cross referencing sections and equations
    • ShareLatex on Referencing Figures
    • WikiBook on Labels and Cross-referencing
• MS Word & PowerPoint Templates:
  • Template-AncoraSIR
• MS PowerPoint:
  • YYMMDD-SIR-Template-PosterLandscape
  • YYMMDD-SIR-Template-PosterPortrait

Collaborative Writing

• Overleaf: Real-time latex-based collaborative writing and publishing tool with integrated PDF view
  • Email me when you need to write a document. I will send you an invitation to our Mendeley space.
  • Use the Monash SIR Group Overleaf Template to prepare your document by uploading it to Mendeley
  • Organize and upload all documents that you want to cite in your assigned Mendeley Group
  • In Overleaf, click [Project] on the top-left corner, click [File] => [Bibliography]
  • Then, link the bib file to your Mendeley account by clicking [Add Mendeley bibliography]
  • Choose your assigned Mendeley Group to cite your uploaded documents
  • Replace [mybibfile] with the filename of your newly added Mendeley bib filename to cite with ease
• Google Doc:

Referencing Tool

• Mendeley: Highly recommended with all platform support (Win/Mac/Linux).