Publication Agreement
When your thesis or dissertation is submitted to the ETD Center, you agree to the terms below. Please understand this agreement before starting a submission, and check with your thesis office if you have any questions.
OhioLINK ETD Center Publication Agreement
I hereby grant to the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school.
I represent and warrant that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights of my thesis and dissertation and its abstract. I warrant that I have obtained written permissions from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that OhioLINK and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured.
I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works (such as articles or books).