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LaTeX & BibTeX Resources

This guide highlights resources to use to learn about LaTeX and create documents using it. It is especially helpful with papers containing mathematical expressions.

Comprehensive LaTeX Resources

LaTeX (Wikibooks)
The free "LaTeX" book from Wikibooks is a great resource for learning LaTeX or for improving your skills. A PDF version is available for download.

The LaTeX Companion by Michel Goossens; Johannes Braams; David Carlisle; Frank Mittelbach; Chris Rowley
Call Number: online
ISBN: 0201362996
Publication Date: 2004-04-22
Most of what you need to do would be found in this book.

TeX Resources on the Web
A comprehensive webpage provided by the TeX Users Group (TUG) containing TeX distribution and Front End options and LaTeX and TeX documentation.

Symbols

Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
Detexify – LaTeX handwritten symbol recognition
Draw a symbol and it will give you the command and the packages needed. Remember: Most symbols don't need a package if you like how they are rendered.

Packages

Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
Most packages can be found on CTAN