Summary

In this chapter, we dealt with many kinds of lists. Specifically, we learned about generating and customizing the table of contents, lists of figures and tables, producing an index pointing to relevant information for keywords and phrases, and creating bibliographies, both manually and using a bibliography database.

These lists will guide you to the information that you are looking for. They aren't just for listing and summarizing. That's why the headings of the list of figures and the list of tables usually don't appear in the TOC, as they directly follow the TOC. Sometimes, there's even the strange requirement to list the table of contents within itself. If you are not sure about a design or a requirement, have a look at a good book in your particular field to see what exemplary tables of contents, lists, and indexes might look like.

In the next chapter, we will look at scientific writing in depth.