Dissertations and Theses

ProQuest Submission

• Create or continue your dissertation or thesis submission with ProQuest here.
• Online Submission FAQs
• Preparing your manuscript for submission (including supplemental files). Provides guidance on how to embed fonts and other issues important to preparing your manuscript for submission.
• Open Access Service compared to Traditional Publishing. Information on the publishing options available to you, and why you might choose one over the other. Traditional Publishing is at no cost to the student.
• ProQuest Subject Categories. A complete list of the available ProQuest subject categories.

Delayed Release of Your Work (Embargo)

• Delayed release and other publishing options. Provides guidance on why you may or may not want to put an embargo or sales restriction on your graduate work.

Copyright

• Why Copyright
• Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities 
• Copyright Laws Around the World. A supplement to Copyright Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities.

Purchase a Bound Copy

• Graduate School graduates will receive two bound 8 ½ x 11 hardcover double sided color copies of their dissertation/thesis. These copies are funded and shipped to the Graduate School 6-8 weeks after student dissertation/thesis ProQuest submission. The Graduate School will arrange dissemination of these copies to the student.
• Students have the option to purchase bound copies of their thesis or dissertation through ProQuest with their submission.
• After the thesis or dissertation is published, others can order bound copies online here.