Thesis or Dissertation Appendix: What to Add

So, you are wondering what things should be included into a thesis or dissertation appendix. Well, if you look up the definition of an appendix in any dictionary, you will find out that an appendix generally means some supplementary material. If it refers to the human anatomy, an appendix means a supplementary part of a body organ.
 
How does this relate to a thesis or dissertation appendix? The answer is simple, and a thesis or dissertation appendix has almost the same functions. Particularly, thesis and dissertation appendices include supplementary information that helps to make a project clear.
 
An appendix in a thesis or dissertation is not an obligatory section. It is up to you whether your project requires additional explanations and details or not. Yet, if you decide to include an appendix into your thesis or dissertation, check our tips.
 
General information about a thesis or dissertation appendix

• A thesis or dissertation appendix should be placed after the section called Bibliography or References;
• If you are going to include a thesis or dissertation appendix, do not forget to mention it in the Table of Contents;
• Every appendix should start on a new page and should be numbered 1,2,3 or A,B,C.

What exactly should be included into a thesis or dissertation appendix?
 
We have already mentioned supplementary materials that are usually included into appendices. But what does this mean?
 
First of all, supplementary materials mean visual aids. These are graphs, diagrams, pictures, maps, calculations, and so on.
 
Second, the following things are also referred to as supplementary materials:

• interviews and questionnaires;
• manuals, descriptions of tools and equipments;
• some details about tests and experiments;
• additional explanations to some passages in the text of your thesis or dissertation.

We can also explain you how to get thesis/dissertation extension or make a dissertation methodology section.