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Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
Submissions

The Graduate School at UNCW requires Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). All graduate students producing master’s theses or doctoral dissertations are required to follow the UNCW Graduate School Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Manual. Once the ETDs are received and approved by the Graduate School, they will be transferred to Randall Library where they will be published on the Internet and cataloged in the Randall Library catalog, providing searchability and full-text Web access according to the options selected by each author on the UNCW Graduate School Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Form.

Beginning in 2020, doctoral dissertations will be made available in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. The service is free of charge for authors, unless they opt for add on features such as printed copies or copyright registration. Doctoral students can upload dissertations using the following process:

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Submission Steps

  1. Create an account on the ProQuest submission site http://www.etdadmin.com/uncw. Be sure to use an email address that you check regularly (including your junk/spam folder) to prevent delays. Once the account is confirmed, you can log in and complete the following steps at any time.
  2. Read and review the information on the ProQuest Instructions page to answer any questions that you may have as you prepare to submit your thesis or dissertation.  Read and agree to the ProQuest Publishing Agreement.
  3. Provide the requested contact information. Be sure to include current, accurate information. 
  4. Provide the requested information on the ProQuest Dissertation/Thesis Details page.
  5. Upload the PDF file of your thesis or dissertation and then any supplemental files (optional), such as data files, graphics, and music or video files. See PDF FAQs for more information.
  6. Choose whether or not you would like ProQuest to file a copyright on your behalf (may result in additiional costs).
  7. Choose whether or not you would like to purchase printed copies of your document (you may order your copies through the ProQuest site at the time of submission or at a later date).
  8. Pay for any applicable fees with a credit card.
  9. Submit your document using the Submit Dissertation/Thesis button.
Access

Some UNCW electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) are restricted to local use only. Local use is defined as reading/viewing a thesis from an on-campus computer or IP address. ETDs with this restriction have the following note in the online catalog record: Access to electronic thesis is limited to University of North Carolina Wilmington campus users.

Hard-Copy Theses, Dissertations and Final Projects
Graduate School Theses and Dissertations

Since 2011, the Graduate School has required theses and dissertations in electronic format, and no longer provides Randall Library with a printed copy for binding and housing.  Theses and dissertations produced prior to 2011 are available in the print format in the library's circulating General Collection and in the University Archives.

Graduate Liberal Studies Program Final Projects

The Graduate Liberal Studies Program (GLS) (http://www.uncw.edu/gls/curriculum-gls598.html) requires that each student submit three (3) copies of his/her final project for binding to the GLS Program Director. See the guidelines at http://www.uncw.edu/gls/curriculum-gls598.html#VII. The GLS Program Director will deliver two bound copies to the Technical Services Department of Randall Library. One copy will be cataloged for the University Archives and another copy will be cataloged for the library's circulating General Collection. 

Departmental copy of Theses, Dissertations and Final Projects

Academic departments may want hard copies of theses, dissertations, or final projects for their own departmental collections. If so, students may follow the Guidelines for Printed Theses and Dissertations, which is linked from the Graduate School website, or the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) Final Project Instructions, which is linked on the GLS website.

 

For more information, please contact mooreg [at] uncw.edu (Gary Moore)

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