\begin{theindex}
By preference, your dissertation\linebreak
should contain an index. Instructions
on how to produce an index can be
found on pages 77--79 of the
 \LaTeX\ manual. You may specify
an index as follows:\\[2ex]
\verb|  \begin{theindex}|\\
\verb|    <your list of entries>|\\
\verb|  \end{theindex}|
\end{theindex}

