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%   doctype=mastersthesis
%   doctype=idp
%   doctype=phdthesis
%   doctype=studienarbeit
%   doctype=diplomarbeit
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% Document language
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%   lang=ngerman:             German (new orthography)
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% Binding correction
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%   Additional margin, which is invisible due to binding the book
%   The usual binding by the Fachschaft has a thickness of 1,5 cm 
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% biblatex (citations)
%   This requires 'biber' to be used instead of 'bibtex', please
%   adapt your editor's settings accordingly!
\documentclass[doctype=mastersthesis,lang=english,BCOR=15mm,biblatex]{ldvbook}
% Look for citation sources in the database "diplomarbeit.bib"
\addbibresource{diplomarbeit.bib}
\begin{document}
% Bibliographic information about the thesis, please change accordingly!
\title{Titel of the thesis}
\author{Name of the autor}
\license{CC-BY}
\supervisor{Supervising assistant}
\maketitle[frontcover=Design1]
\chapter*{Abstract}
A summary of the research question and the important findings.
Maximum 1(!) page, contains spoilers.
\tableofcontents
% Please compile this example document including the bibliography
% database. Check the resulting document and the references for 
% correct appearance (especially the German Umlaute).
% Thus you ensure that LaTeX is detecting the character encoding
% correctly and your build chain is working.
% If it does not, please tell your supervisor.
\chapter{Erstes Kapitel}
Text text text
Von \textcite[deutsch]{Niederhauser2006} und
\textcite[englisch]{Gustavii2003} gibt es gute Bücher zum Verfassen
wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten~\cite{Gustavii2003}.
% Puts out the list of references
\printbibliography{}
\end{document}