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ETD Overview

Since Fall 2005, the Graduate School at Baylor University has required that all theses and dissertations be electronic only and submitted online to the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection in the BEARdocs institutional repository. The purpose of this guide is primarily to provide general information related to ETD issues and information about the process of submitting ETDs to BEARdocs. The primary audience is graduate students who are preparing to submit their thesis to BEARdocs and the faculty who work with these students.  

Advantages of holding theses and dissertations in an open and online environment include:

• ETDs are more easily discoverable because the repositories are accessible to search engines like Google and others.  Google also adds content pulled from institutional repositories to Google Scholar .
• Scholars and researchers can more easily find other scholars and researchers who share similar interests.
• New research is more quickly encountered than it is in the traditional print publishing environment.
• Potential to make your name and your work more well known, which may enable getting employed more quickly.
• Plagiarism of openly accessible work is easier to detect than plagiarism of print works.
• Within the BEARdocs system, you can demonstrate interest in your thesis via the usage data provided.

For detailed information on the practices of other institutions with ETDs, the ETD community maintains this  spreadsheet .  To find electronic theses and dissertations at other institutions use the Global ETD Search  provided by the  Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations .

Using the ETD Submission System

The submission of your thesis to the ETD submission system, is a simple process and should require very little time.  Below are the basic steps for this process.  If you have any questions or encounter any problems, contact [email protected]

• Login -- with your Bear ID and password -- to the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Submission System at: http://baylor-etd.tdl.org .
• More than one entity at the university can use this submission system. To submit to the Graduate School, make sure you select Baylor -- Graduate School and make sure the button says Start Graduate School Submission before you start your submission. 
• Some personal information about you will be supplied automatically because of your Bear ID/password login. If this information is not accurate (usually issues with name changes), contact  personnel in the Graduate School so they can correct this information after you have completed your submission.
• Read the sticky notes on each page before you complete the information on that page.
• Place your mouse over the " information icon " to see the help information for each part of the submission form.
• Any part of the form flagged with an asterisk ( * ) is an area that must be completed.

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• You must agree to the license agreement .  The license agreement gives Baylor University and the Texas Digital Library (the host of the ETD submission system) non-exclusive rights to distribute (if not embargoed) the thesis and to make copies (for preservation purposes, in case we need to convert it to another format in the future).   The author/creator of the work retains all copyrights.   The license also asks that the person submitting the work guarantees that s/he is the copyright holder and that s/he has permission to use any third-party (copyright-protected) material used in the work.
• Degree Date -- Use the calendar function to select the appropriate graduation date, either May, August, or December and the appropriate year.
• Defense Date -- Use the calendar function to select the exact date of your defense.
• Submission Type -- Several options display; select either Dissertation or Thesis , whichever is appropriate for your degree.
• Committee Chairperson -- This part of the form provides the option to identify more than one person.   Only provide one name -- the name of the person who served as your advisor/mentor/chairperson/supervisor during the writing of your thesis/dissertation. Start typing that person's name. If the name appears on the list, select it. If it doesn't appear on the list, type the full name as you know it -- LastName, FirstName .
• Previously Published Material -- This section refers primarily to students whose theses have chapters that -- as a departmental requirement for graduation -- consist of the word-for-word full text of articles that have been published in peer reviewed journals . In this field, provide the complete citation for each work  using this format: Author1Lastname, Author1Firstname; Author2Lastname, Author2Firstname.  "Title of Article.  Journal Title (year) volume#: issue#, page numbers. Separate multiple citations with a semicolon.  For example: Smith, James; Jones, Sarah.  "This is the Title".  This is the Journal Title (2015) 35:4, 23-35; Smith, James.  "This is Another Title".  This is Another Journal Title (2014) 24:2, 38-50.  
• Embargo Options -- Select the same embargo option that you and your advisor selected on your " Copyright and Final Approval " form.  You may want to view the " Embargo " section of this guide for information on making that decision. 
• Primary Document -- Thesis document in the  PDF/A  format.
• Supplemental Document -- " Copyright and Final Approval " form and all documents that give permission for the use of third-party (copyright-protected) content in your thesis -- i.e., previously published journal articles that are also chapters in your work.
• Confirm and Submit -- You are provided one more opportunity to review the information and documents you've provided.  You can click on the " [edit your...] " link associated with each section if you need to make changes.  Once you have clicked on the " Confirm and Submit " button, you will not be able to make changes unless Graduate School or library personnel send you a " Needs Correction " notice.  
• At any point, you can login to the submission system to see the current status of your submission, as well as a log of comments related to your submission.  Although you can't make any changes in your submission, you can send a message to Graduate School or library personnel from within the system.
• Early in the semester after you graduate , your thesis will be " published " to the BEARdocs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection , which means the descriptive information (including the abstract) will be findable by search engines and the full text of your thesis will be accessible -- if you have not embargoed the work .  
• Once the thesis is published in BEARdocs, the thesis will be assigned a permanent URL that you can use in your CV, on web pages, or anywhere you want to promote your thesis.  
• To obtain that URL, look for your thesis by your name in the BEARdocs  Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection  a couple of months after you have graduated.

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PREPARE: Before You Write

Be prepared with the necessary tools and knowledge to plan your ETD before you begin to write and save hours of hassle. In this section, you will find resources to help you learn to use the ETD templates, map out what you should know about tables and figures, simplify your bibliography by using reference managers, and find the resources and help you need as you begin the writing process.

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When you have questions during the ETD writing process, find the answers you need here. Whether it’s about the craft of writing, the technicalities of the template, or how to use software tools to make your ETD the best it can be, we have a variety of resources for you. In this section, you’ll find help through online tutorials, group workshops and classes, and one-on-one consultations.

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Due dates and requirements come quickly at the end of your ETD process. What forms are due when? Where can you find your school’s submission and graduation information? How do you pick the right options for submitting your ETD? Who can you ask for help? In this section, you will find the resources you need to finish and submit your ETD and share your work with the world.

About ETDs at the University of Pittsburgh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) at Pitt are one of the final steps in the graduate student experience. However, the ETD process begins early and involves learning new skills and gaining knowledge, both about your research topics as well as about the process of creating and publishing a document. 

This website is broken into steps to help you along the way. When you start the thesis or dissertation process, right after your proposal is accepted, read the material on the "Prepare" page to get you started on the right path and to save you time and frustration later. As you work and write, check back on our "Write" pages for resources that will help you with common questions and problems during the process. And when you are nearing the end, make sure to read the "Submit" pages so that you know what you need to do and when. 

If you are interested in the Pitt ETD program broadly, you can also  search the ETDs or read about the program's history and statistics .

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Phone: 517-353-3220; Email: [email protected] .

The links below provide instructions on what needs to be completed and approved by the Graduate School in order to graduate.

Each semester has a firm submission deadline by which students must submit their thesis/dissertation to ProQuest. The document must have been successfully defended, corrections from the committee addressed and is to be a final version. After submission it may take several days for the Graduate School to review and approve the documents, especially if formatting revisions are needed. Each semester has a final deadline (usually 2 weeks later) by which students must have all required paperwork turned in, all milestones completed and their thesis/dissertation accepted by the Graduate School. 

• Printable Formatting Guide (PDF) Note the absence of List of Tables and List of Figures in the new formatting guide. These sections are generally not necessary and leaving them out helps quicken the review process. Also note that the Table of Contents is more useful when entries are limited to chapter-level headings or chapter-level headings and first-level subheadings.
• Printable Sample Pages (PDF) This includes examples of the title page, abstract, copyright, dedication page, preface, bibliography, table of contents, etc.
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• Spring 2024 Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Tutorial (PDF)
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• All Plan A Master’s and all Doctoral students must turn in the Approval form.
• The Approval form is taken as evidence that the document has been examined and approved by the major professor or thesis/dissertation director. It also serves to document compliance with the appropriate Institutional Review Board for the use of human and vertebrate animals for research.
• Supplemental files may be included with the electronic submission of the thesis or dissertation in the student’s ProQuest account ONLY if the files have been approved by the faculty advisor/committee on the Approval Form.
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• If human subjects were used in your research, the IRB letter (on letterhead from the Human Research Protection office) should be uploaded with your electronic Approval Form.
• The IRB number that is to appear your approval form is the “Approved” number on the IRB letter (e.g. STUDY00004871 or AMEND202100608), not the application number (e.g. i45603).
• Sending a screenshot from the “CLICK” site where you are listed as a researcher (CLICK photo must start at the green box that says “APPROVED” and extend so it includes information in the “Contacts” tab below the flow chart) OR
• Having your PI send an email to [email protected] stating the IRB number, the project title, and that you are an approved researcher on the project.  (If you used animal subjects, your name does not need to appear on the IACUC letter.)  

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MSU IRB review and approval or an exempt determination is required for all projects that involve research or clinical investigations with human subjects conducted by faculty, staff, students, or agents of MSU before initiation of any human subject research activities.

For those projects that may qualify as exempt from IRB approval, an exempt determination must be obtained from the MSU IRB office prior to initiation of the human subject research. For those projects that do not qualify as exempt, IRB approval must be obtained prior to initiation of the human subject research.

Please note: your thesis or dissertation may be rejected if you did not obtain IRB approval prior to the start of your research, if your IRB request was backdated or if your review request was denied by the Human Research Protection office. For further information, please see the Human Research Protection Program website at:  https://hrpp.msu.edu/ . Phone: 517-355-2180. Email:  [email protected] .

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• If vertebrate animals were used in your research, the IACUC (AUF) letter (on letterhead from the Animal Care Program office) should be uploaded with your electronic Approval Form.
• The IACUC (AUF) number that is to appear on your approval form is the “IACUC ID” number on the IACUC letter (i.e.: PROTO201800030).

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Please note: your thesis or dissertation may be rejected if you did not obtain IACUC approval prior to the start of your research, if your IACUC request was backdated or if your review request was denied by the Animal Care Program office. For further information, please see the Animal Care Program/IACUC website at:  https://animalcare.msu.edu/iacuc/index.html . Phone: 517-432-8103. Email:  [email protected] .

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• You may submit your document to ProQuest once you have successfully defended your thesis or dissertation and you have made the corrections that your committee wishes you to make.  Do not submit your document prior to your defense. 
• Go to  www.etdadmin.com/grad.msu  and follow the directions for submitting your thesis/dissertation to Michigan State University via ProQuest.
• When creating your account be sure to use an email address that you use regularly. In order to continue the submission process, you will be asked to “confirm” your account using the email address you provided. This is the email address that all correspondence from the Graduate School regarding your document will go.
• Once you “confirm” your account, you are ready to begin the submission process. Please be sure you are on the Michigan State University website within ProQuest. 
• The submission steps are listed on the left side of the screen in the ProQuest website. As each step is completed, a check mark will appear in the appropriate box indicating that you have completed that step. In order to make your initial submission, you must go through each step of the process.
• Once you submit to ProQuest, your electronic submission will be reviewed by a Michigan State University Graduate School Administrator for possible formatting revisions and/or required paperwork before it is “officially” accepted and delivered to ProQuest for publishing.
• You may expect a response with necessary corrections or paperwork from the Graduate School within two business days from the time we receive your electronic submission (or resubmission). NOTE: Response times increase dramatically closer to deadline dates.
• Once all corrections have been made and all necessary paperwork has been turned in to the Graduate School, your document will be accepted and delivered to ProQuest for publishing.
• Please contact ProQuest directly at 800-521-0600 with any technical questions regarding your submission or any questions regarding an order you placed.
• If you wish to have ProQuest file a copyright on your behalf, the current fee is $75.00 and must be paid to ProQuest when you create your submission.  You must be the sole author of the entire document for ProQuest to file for a copyright on your behalf.
• For information regarding a publication hold/embargo on your thesis/dissertation please go to the Embargo link .

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The University of Basel’s electronic dissertations are publicly available in the edoc institutional repository and are recorded in the library catalogue. For archiving purposes, they are also saved by the Swiss National Library.

Persistent link : E-dissertations are provided with a "Digital Object Identifier" (DOI) and a "Uniform Resource Name" (URN). These links remain valid even if the file is migrated to a different server. Every dissertation from 1980 onwards can also be published retrospectively in electronic format.

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Images: Images in freely-accessible e-dissertations must comply with personal rights and with copyright. If you did not create an image yourself, you must clarify whether the rights owner agrees to publication on the Internet. If people or private spaces are pictured, these people or the owner of the spaces must agree to the publication. Images that do not fulfil these legal requirements may be replaced in the electronic version with a symbolic image with a reference to the printed version, after consultation with diss-ub@ clutter unibas.ch .

Curriculum vitae: A CV may be omitted from the electronic version for data privacy reasons.  

Choice of licence: E-dissertations published on edoc are freely accessible. Copyright remains with the author. The edoc policies (in particular the data policy) apply to the use by third parties of documents published on edoc.  Optionally you can declare the usage rights directly in your dissertation with a Creative Commons licence. Creative Commons licences offer a standardised method for granting users rights to a work. Check the information about Creative Commons licences . If you decide on a CC licence (the University Library recommends CC-BY), add a note to the title page: for examples see pages 2 and 3 of sample title pages .

Please note that you can only create a Creative Commons licence if the dissertation does not contain any parts that were or will be published by a publisher under a more restrictive licence.

Publisher publications and patents:

• Cumulative dissertations / published articles: If a dissertation contains journal articles or other published articles, the specific copyright conditions must be adhered to. In many cases, permission (generally free of charge) to use the publisher’s PDF in the dissertation must be obtained via the Copyright Clearance Center (a link to the CCC is often included with a journal article: “Rights and permissions“). If this is not possible, then you can find out from SHERPA/RoMEO or ultimately from the journal itself, which version (manuscript) may be used in the dissertation.  There may be an embargo period that can be observed by selecting an appropriate publication date in edoc (see also Delayed publication under Electronic submission steps ).
• The dissertation or parts of it will be published later by a publisher: The specific conditions must be clarified before submitting the manuscript to a publisher or to a journal. Parallel use in a dissertation is often permitted, but not always. If necessary, the conditions can be adhered to by choosing an appropriate publication date in edoc (see also Delayed publication under Electronic submission steps ).

Supplementary material, research data: Large tables, video material and other research data that are not integrated into the dissertation’s PDF file, should be saved in a repository for research data in accordance with the FAIR Data Principles (e.g. on Zenodo ) and should be referenced in the text, if possible with a DOI . The entry of the reference URL in edoc as a “Related URL“ with the URL type “Supplementary Data“ is recommended. For additional information see: researchdata.unibas.ch .

Electronic submission step by step

• Full text of the dissertation: Create a PDF file (whenever possible PDF/A), which meets the technical requirements . The printout of the PDF file should correspond to the final version of the dissertation as approved by the Faculty. Add a note on the title page of your dissertation about the edoc document server: example see page 1 of the sample title page .
• Abstract: Have an abstract of the dissertation, in the language of the document, ready for the upload. Optionally, you may add an additional abstract in German or English. If your dissertation includes an abstract, please use this one.
• Consent: Uploading a dissertation to edoc requires the transfer of non-exclusive user rights to the University Library. Please ensure that you agree to the Declaration of consent .
• Login: You will receive an account for the submission of your electronic dissertation from the Dean’s Office or from the University Library when you submit your printed dissertation.
• Upload: Log in with the account that you received when you submitted your printed copy and follow the instructions on the screen.  
• Delayed publication: Should the dissertation be published in whole or in part by a commercial publisher, or contains details of a patent, delayed electronic publication is possible. The desired publication date can be specified when uploading the PDF file to edoc and should, where possible, be within two years after the doctoral examination. Please take note of the conditions of the relevant doctoral regulations as well as the regulations of the publisher’s contract.  

E-dissertations published in edoc are passed on to the Swiss National Library and cannot be withdrawn.

Declaration of consent

When uploading your dissertation, the following declaration of consent for publication of the dissertation on edoc must be accepted:

Declaration of consent for publication of a dissertation on edoc.unibas.ch

By saving your dissertation, you transfer the following non-exclusive rights of use for the document and the associated metadata to the University Library Basel:

• the right to store it electronically and to make it publicly accessible (if necessary, after an embargo period),
• the right to pass on the metadata (incl. abstract) to third parties and to pass the files on to cooperation partners for archiving purposes and for parallel publication, in particular to the Swiss National Library,
• the right to make copies and to convert it to other electronic or physical formats for archiving purposes while maintaining the integrity of the content.

By saving your dissertation, you confirm the following points to the University Library Basel:

• the activation of the work or parts thereof does not violate the legal rights of any third party. The University Library Basel must be informed immediately of any alleged or actual violation of the copyright by third parties.
• the University Library Basel is exempt from any possible claims by third parties.
• the submitted electronic version of the dissertation is identical to the printed legal deposit copy (exceptions are the title page and the curriculum vitae).

I have taken note of the edoc policies .

Creative Commons Licences

The edoc data policy applies as standard for the use of e-dissertations. To be transparent and grant users further rights, a Creative Commons licence can be assigned. Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation. The use of CC licences is free.  

Creative Commons offers a range of globally valid, standardised licences for the awarding of rights of use and for reproduction of a work. CC licences serve to avoid legal uncertainty regarding use and support the dissemination and re-use of research results. The appropriate licence is created from the available modules according to the modular principle.  

The use of the "Attribution" module (BY) is mandatory for all CC licences.  

In addition, the licence can be supplement by the following modules according to requirements:

• no commercial use (NC)
• no derivatives (ND)
• sharing under the same conditions (SA)

Example: CC licence with the modules "Attribution" and "Share Alike".

The most common licence assigned by Open Access publishers is CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution). It enables the unlimited reproduction, dissemination, publishing, modification and commercial use of a work. BioMed Central, PLoS and an increasing number of Open Access journals use this as a standard licence.

Restrictions should be made based on an assessment of the risk (potential misuse) and output (easy dissemination). The Creative Commons Licence Chooser will support you with your choice of suitable module combination.  

Tip: You can only grant third parties rights that you yourself possess. Make sure that image rights have been clarified or use placeholders for images. If your dissertation or parts thereof (e.g. cumulative dissertation) is published by a publisher, the Creative Commons licence must not contradict the copyright conditions of the publisher’s contract.  

Additional information can be found in the ETH Library’s Research Collection Manual .

Requirements PDF-File

The PDF file of your dissertation must generally correspond to the final version of the dissertation approved by the Faculty. Possible exceptions are described in Electronic submission steps .

Please note the following when creating the PDF file:

• All fonts used must be included in the file.
• Encryption of the file is not permitted.

When saving the PDF file, please activate the PDF/A option. This ensures that the mentioned conditions are met. Submission of a PDF/A file supports the long-term preservation and the exact visual representation of the document.

Additional information can be found on the website of the PDF Association .

Frequently asked questions about e-dissertations

Who owns the copyright for the dissertations on edoc?

• The copyright remains with the author. Only the non-exclusive rights of use that are specified in the Declaration of consent are transferred.
• By choosing a Creative Commons licence additional usage rights can be transferred to the public.

What should be done if a dissertation, or parts thereof, are published by a publisher or as a patent?

• If a dissertation contains already published articles or is published in its entirety by a publisher, the electronic version may become freely accessible at a later time that is compatible with the publisher’s contract. The desired publication date can be entered when uploading the dissertation to edoc.
• We assume that the publication should take place by the submission deadline for the printed copies. For journal articles, this deadline is generally sufficient. For a patent or a book publication – in particular when it contains protected images – the question must be clarified with the publisher. In justified cases, the publication may be further delayed.

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ProQuest is the website USF uses to facilitate the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Review. It saves all versions of the ETD, and allows us to work with you on revising your document to meet the format requirements. 

To start, you'll need to create a new account and then upload your thesis or dissertation in PDF format for review. You will receive a confirmation email once you've submitted the ETD.

Initial review of the ETD generally takes 5-10 business days (and begins only once all submission requirements [ETD Registration, COA Packet, and ProQuest Submission] have been completed by the student). Note that ETDs submitted close to or on the deadline may require longer review times.  Keep an eye on your email inbox so you don't miss any updates to your submission. 

NOTE: Please double-check your inbox and spam folder for emails from ProQuest before reaching out to the ETD Administrators for an update on your submission.

Making Revisions & Submitting the Revised ETD

If the Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) requires modifications to the submitted ETD, the student will receive an email with instructions on how to view the requested revisions. In order to see the comments, download the PDF, containing the ETD Administrator's commentary, from ProQuest and then open it. 

NOTE: Make the needed revisions in the Word or LaTeX document you originally used. Do not try to make corrections to the ProQuest PDF or try to save the PDF as a Word document. Doing so messes with the formatting and makes it nearly impossible to make the corrections. We strongly suggest saving the revised word document as a new copy so that you have the original version. This protects your work if anything happens to the document as you revise it.

The student must make all corrections and resubmit the corrected ETD to ProQuest at least a few days before the OGS deadline. 

Be sure to click all "Submit Revision" confirmations within ProQuest – this lets us know you are ready for your revisions to be annotated!

The Office of Graduate Studies will then re-review the corrected ETD as described above. 

Reviews may require an additional 5-7 business days - depending on the current number of ETDs in review and the level of revision required.

Late ETD Submission

ETDs submitted after the respective deadline without an extension request form from the Dean of Graduate Studies may not be processed for that semester's graduation. You may have to register again in the following semester.

Publishing Options - Embargo

An Embargo allows students to withhold the release of their ETD for one year (1Y) . Reasons for an embargo include patentable rights; sensitive/classified information; interest of academic/commercial press in acquiring the rights to publish as a book; or content likely to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal.

If you would like to embargo your ETD for one year, you must select the correct option in ProQuest.

ProQuest Asks: Delaying Release “Do you want your work to be available in ProQuest as soon as it is published?” Choose either:

○ Yes (Immediate Worldwide Access – No Embargo) ○ No (One-Year Embargo)

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Full text is available to Purdue University faculty, staff, and students on campus through this site. No login is required.

Off-campus Purdue users may download theses and dissertations by logging into the Libraries' proxy server with your Purdue Career Account. Links to log in to the proxy server directly below the download button of each thesis or dissertation page.

Non-Purdue users, may purchase copies of theses and dissertations from ProQuest or talk to your librarian about borrowing a copy through Interlibrary Loan. (Some titles may also be available free of charge in our Open Access Theses and Dissertations Series, so please check there first.)

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This series contains theses that students have wished to make openly available. The full content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a thesis is no longer embargoed. To browse a fuller listing of theses from Purdue please visit the Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest series.

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This series contains open access dissertations that students have wished to make openly available. The full-text content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a dissertation is no longer embargoed. To browse a fuller listing of dissertations from Purdue please visit the Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest series.

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Dissertations and Theses at UGA

The University of Georgia has both electronic and print theses and dissertations.

Online availability

Note:  Some authors restrict access to their electronic thesis or dissertation for 2 years after graduation. During this period, some theses and dissertations may be either completely restricted or limited to on-campus use. UGA affiliates can view them on campus or through the vLAB service . For  UGA Theses and Dissertations , our 1999 - Summer 2001 coverage is partial.

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Search the  GIL-Find catalog  to find records for both print and electronic dissertations and theses. Make sure to add the keywords “University of Georgia” and “dissertation” or “thesis” to your search in the GIL-Find catalog. You can also limit to Dissertation/Theses using the Format filter on the left. Dissertations and theses up through 2001 are available in print, and are held in our storage facility or in Special Collections.

• Storage Facility:  UGA affiliates can request most dissertations from off-site storage in the  GIL-Find catalog . Sign in in order to request pickup. We will email you when the item is available. If you are affiliated with UGA, you are usually able to check them out.

• Special Collections:  There are also some dissertations and theses at Special Collections. Click the Request to view at Special Collections link in the GIL-Find Catalog. Special Collections copies cannot be checked out and must be viewed on-site.

Most of the dissertations in  UGA Theses & Dissertations  are available for public use. If the thesis or dissertation you want is not available online due to age or restriction to on-campus use only,  place a request  for the dissertation or thesis through your home library’s interlibrary loan department.

Non-UGA visitors can view print copies of dissertations and theses on-campus. To request to view a print copy stored at the Repository, please contact Access Services: 706.542.3256 ‌‌[email protected]

Graduate students submit their completed dissertation or thesis to Proquest. Then, the Libraries adds them to UGA Theses & Dissertations and begins to catalog them in the Gil-Find catalog . They are also listed in WorldCat for interlibrary loan requests to non-UGA users. If you have recently graduated and need more information about the status of your thesis or dissertation, contact the Graduate School at [email protected]

Check out the Graduate School's Thesis & Dissertation Requirements and the UGA Libraries' Guide to Scholarly Publishing & Communication.

EThOS: e-theses online service Open access EThOS: e-theses online service Open access

EThOS, provided by the British Library, is a free online service providing access to UK doctoral theses.

Access EThOS is an open access resource.

Content  EThOS, provided by the British Library, is a free online service providing access to UK doctoral theses. It does not cover MPhils or master's dissertations.

EThOS aims to provide a central listing of all doctoral theses awarded by UK higher education institutions, with the full text of as many theses as possible. 

The database includes more than 600,000 records. Around 4,000 law theses are covered, dating from the 1920s to the present day.

Searching  EThOS has basic and advanced search facilities. Searches can be limited to theses available for immediate download.

Advanced search allows users to search by author, title, awarding body, year of award and other criteria. Boolean connectors (AND, OR, AND NOT) can be selected from a drop-down menu

Downloading  Many theses are available for download; it is necessary to create a free account to do this. 

There is an option to request digitisation of a thesis if it is not yet available for download. Sometimes this is free, but sometimes there is a charge (see FAQs). 

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