paper.tex

% general sample of a two-column paper

%%% DOCUMENT TYPE
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

%%% PAGE DIMENSIONS
\usepackage[left=2cm, right=2cm, top=2cm, bottom=2cm]{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper}

%%% PACKAGES
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lscape}
\setlength{\columnsep}{24pt}
\usepackage[sort,compress,comma,super]{natbib}

%%% CUSTOM COMMANDS

%%% HEADERS & FOOTERS
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\lhead{}\chead{}\rhead{}
\lfoot{}\cfoot{\thepage}\rfoot{}

%%% TITLE INFO
\title{Sample Title}
\author{Sean McKenna}
\date{\today}

%%% MULTICOL TABLE & FIGURE SUPPORT
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\newenvironment{ctable}{\def\@captype{table}}{}
\newenvironment{cfigure}{\def\@captype{figure}}{}
\makeatother

%%% BEGIN PAPER
\maketitle

\begin{multicols}{2}
	


\section{\textbf{Introduction}}
Insightful and interesting introduction goes here!



\section{\textbf{Background}}
  \subsection{Topic One}
  Explain your first topic.
  
  \subsection{Topic Two}
  Explain your second topic.
  
  \subsection{Topic Three}
  Explain your third topic.



\section{\textbf{Experiment}}
  \subsection{Part One}
  Explain part one.
  
  \subsection{Part Two}
  Explain part two.

  \subsection{Part Three}
  Explain part three.



\section{\textbf{Analysis}}
  \subsection{Part One}
  Explain part one.

  \subsection{Part Two}
  Explain part two.
  
  \subsection{Part Three}
  Explain part three.



\section{\textbf{Conclusion}}
Always end with a witty, inspiring, and concise conclusion.



\raggedright
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibliography{sources}

\end{multicols}
\end{document}