Writing & StyleStyle guide

List of Appendices

A list of appendices helps readers locate supplementary sections in a long document. University of Regina guidance places such lists with other front-matter navigation and requires entries to correspond to the material they identify; whether a separate list is required remains institution-specific.

Quick answer

Use a list of appendices as front-matter navigation when the document or institution requires it, and make each entry match the appendix label/title used in the document.

Key details

Core Issueproviding front-matter navigation to multiple appendices without duplicating the appendix-labeling job
Registertheses, dissertations, reports and books with multiple appendices

Important caveats

Institution Boundary

Whether the list is required, where it appears and how page numbers/leaders are formatted depends on the institution or house style.

Further guidance

Entry Consistency

Make each list entry correspond to the appendix identifier and title used at the appendix itself so navigation stays unambiguous.

Navigation Role

Use the list as a navigation aid to appendices; it does not replace appendix labels or in-text appendix references.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

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