Before You Begin…
Please be aware that this is a submission form for a completed thesis or dissertation. This form will collect the information necessary to include your document in the OhioLINK ETD Center along with additional information needed by your graduate school or appropriate office. The information you provide will be sent to your school for review and approval. Any information provided is subject to editing or removal by your school if it is found to be incomplete, incorrect, or otherwise inconsistent with school policies.
Before submitting your ETD, please read our Frequently Asked Questions sections on “When will my ETD be published? Can I delay publication?” and “Can I publish a book based on my ETD?”
Papers published on this site will be available for download over the Internet, and will be indexed by major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others.
Do Not Continue Unless:
- You are ready to submit your document to your graduate school or appropriate office, and agree to the terms below.
- You understand your school’s rules and requirements for ETD submission.
- You have a complete, final thesis or dissertation, or permission to submit your current version (or you have permission to submit only your abstract).
- Your thesis or dissertation is in the form of a single PDF file (or you have permission to submit only your abstract). For non-text files, consult your school for appropriate formats.
By submitting, you agree to the following:
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).