Appendix Material

• Citations – If you use or reference material that is not your own, use scholarly citation practices that are consistent with the rest of the disquisition and with the style manual of your discipline. For more information, see References/Works Cited and the policies section on usingstyle manual from your discipline.
• Headings – Headings in the appendices must use the same formatting, style, and size as the equivalent headings in the disquisition chapters. If headings are numbered in the disquisition chapters, then appendix headings must be numbered as well, where the letter of the appendix is used instead of the chapter number (for example, B.1. would denote the first first-level subheading in the second appendix, Appendix B).
• Major headings for each appendix – The first page of each appendix must include the major heading “APPENDIX” and be formatted like other major headings in the disquisition. If you have one appendix, do not number or letter the appendix. If you have multiple appendices, each appendix must be labeled with a capital letter (see section below about multiple appendices).
• Subheadings – Subheadings in the appendices must share the same formatting as equivalent subheadings in the disquisition chapters, including numbering, font size, and additional formatting. If you use numbered headings in the disquisition, then use the letter of the appendix in place of the chapter number (for example, the first first-level subheading in Appendix B would be numbered as B.1.).
• Entries in the Table of Contents – Each appendix has a major heading, and therefore must be included in the Table of Contents, just like the disquisition chapters. If you include subheadings from your chapters in the Table of Contents, then you must also include the subheadings of the same level from your appendices. See the Table of Contents page for more information about headings in the Table of Contents.

Generally, your tables, figures, schemes, and other non-text items in any appendices should be formatted similarly to any respective items in the chapters. However, if you have any appendices that contain only a single non-text item, the appendix title can serve as the title of the non-text item, taking the place of the item's normal title.

This has several advantages, and may be useful if you want to include long tables, compliance documents, or other supplementary materials in your appendices instead of in separate files.

• The item does not require--and should not have--a title: the appendix title serves as the figure's title. The item may have notes, if allowed by the style manual of your discipline.
• The item does not require--and should not have--an entry in its respective List of Appendix Items. The appendix major heading should be included in the Table of Contents.
• Tables that span across multiple pages do not need continued titles on each page. The header row must still be repeated on page.
• Figures are allowed to span across multiple pages. Each individual image still requires alt-text.

See the appendices of this disquisition for examples of this formatting.

• Appendix must be labeled – The major heading on the first page of the appendix can consist of simply “APPENDIX”, or can have an additional title; for example, “APPENDIX. SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES”. Do not include an additional letter for the appendix: “APPENDIX A”. Appendices should only be lettered if you document has multiple appendices.
• Tables, figures, non-text items
  • If you include multiple non-text items in the appendix, the number of each item must begin with “A” to indicate that it is an appendix item. Do not continue item numbering from the chapters.
  • Tables, figures, and non-text items should be formatted similarly to their respective items in the chapters, including their titles. For example, if you use chapter-wise numbering for item numbers in the chapters (figure 1.1, table 2.1, scheme 2.2, etc.) then your appendix item numbers should be formatted similarly (figure A.1, table A.2, etc.).
  • You should include a respective prefatory list for appendix items; see List of Appendix Tables, Figures, Schemes, etc. for more information.

• Appendices should be labeled with a letter
  • Each appendix should use a different letter in the title (“APPENDIX A”, “APPENDIX B”, etc.). The major heading on the first page of the appendix can consist of simply “APPENDIX A”, or can have an additional title; for example, “APPENDIX A. RESEARCH COMPLIANCE FORMS”.
    • When you have multiple appendices, you should strongly consider adding a title to each appendix that describes the content of that appendix so that the corresponding entries in the Table of Contents provide more information to your reader about your appendix material. For more information about labeling and titling multiple appendices, refer to the style guide of your discipline.
• Tables, figures, non-text items
  • If you include multiple non-text items in the appendix, the number of each item must begin with the letter of the appendix in which it appears. Do not continue item numbering from the chapters or between appendices.
  • Tables, figures, and non-text items should be formatted similarly to their respective items in the chapters, including their titles. For example, if you use chapter-wise numbering for item numbers in the chapters (figure 1.1, table 2.1, scheme 2.2, etc.) then your appendix item numbers should be formatted similarly (figure A.1, table A.2, scheme B.1, etc.).
  • You should include a respective prefatory list for appendix items; see List of Appendix Tables, Figures, Schemes, etc. for more information.

A "single" non-text item should be one whole item--a table, a figure, etc.--even if the item has multiple parts or spans across pages. For example,

• a single, continuous table, regardless of length.
• a single, continuous listing, regardless of length.
• a single image.
• a group or set of images that would be considered composite parts of a whole.
  • ... such as multiple images of the same compliance documents.
  • ... such as multiple images from the same PowerPoint slideshow.