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The CU institutional repository is currently being prepared and it will be connected to the CU current research information system (IS Věda, OBD module).

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Karolinum Press offers the option to publish open access in both their journals and e-books. You can find the publisher's open access policy on the publisher's website .

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An overview of open access journals published by faculties and other parts of CU can be found on the Portal of CU e-journals . 

An overview of open access monographs published by Karolinum Press can be found on the CU Digital Repository . 

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Submission of a dissertation and its publication Guidelines

Information regarding submission and publishing a dissertation thesis:

Dean´s Directive Concerning Theses (No. 17/2017)  

Rules of Study at the Faculty of Law of Charles University

Application - Defense of the Dissertation

The elements of a dissertation thesis are set out in the Rules of Study at Faculty of Law of Charles University (Part IV., Chapter III., Article 74)  and in Dean’s Directive No. 17/2017 , on final theses . The composition of a dissertation thesis must strictly follow the template provided in Appendix 4 of Dean’s Directive No. 17/2017.

A  student must upload the entire dissertation thesis in the Student Information System in PDF/A-1 format, as well as both abstracts (Czech and English) , and an outline of dissertation* thesis, i.e. four files in total.

A student will also submit a written application for the defence of a dissertation thesis in a doctoral programme of study to the Dean through the Student Registry after having successfully passed the state doctoral examination.

Along with an application for the defence of a dissertation thesis, a student will submit a declaration of the fulfilment of all obligations under the approved individual curriculum (IC), confirmed by the supervisor and the guarantor of the programme. The student does not submit said declaration if he/she has, according to the latest completed evaluation study, fulfilled all obligations under the IC except for the defence of the dissertation .

Along with the application for defence, the student also submits the following:

• An updated curriculum vitae signed by the student.
• A list of all publications and activities (confirmed by supervisor)**
• A certificate or confirmation that the dissertation or its partial outputs have been either published or accepted for publication (confirmed by supervisor)

*The outline of the dissertation includes the following parts: The summary of the dissertation, usually in a maximum of 36,000 characters including spaces which states the aims, content, and outcomes of the dissertation, the features of the original solution, and the sources used.

**A list of all professional works of the student, published or unpublished, particularly peer-reviewed articles, chapters in monographs, student’s presentations in seminars, professional conferences, and other professional events as stated in the Student Information System ( and recorded in the OBD ).

I n the list, the student will clearly separate by title the publications in which partial outputs of the dissertation have been published or accepted for publication (they are to be entered in the OBD) . If the partial outputs of the dissertation are yet to be published, the student will provide the relevant confirmation from the editorial office or publishing house together with the list. This also applies if the dissertation is published as a whole.

A dissertation the partial outputs of which have not been published cannot be accepted for the defence.

Section 47 (4) of Act No. 111/1998 Sb., the Higher Education Institutions Act, provides that a dissertation must contain original and published outputs, or outputs accepted for publication. Therefore, a dissertation the partial outputs of which have not been published in the form of a book, a chapter or chapters in a book, a journal article, or a contribution in a collection cannot be accepted for the defence . Publications which represent the publication of a partial output of the dissertation are to be marked in the list of publications. An alternative thereto, particularly in relation to the publication of the dissertation in its entirety in the form of a monograph, is a confirmation by the publisher that they will publish the dissertation . The confirmation of the future publishing must include the name of the author of the dissertation, the name of the dissertation submitted for the defence, the name of the intended publication if different from the thesis submitted, and the signature and stamp of the publisher.

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Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers

The Harvard University Archives ’ collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University’s history.

Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).

Other highlights include:

• The collection of Mathematical theses, 1782-1839
• The 1895 Ph.D. dissertation of W.E.B. Du Bois, The suppression of the African slave trade in the United States, 1638-1871
• Ph.D. dissertations of astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (Ph.D. 1925) and physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (Ph.D. 1922)
• Undergraduate honors theses of novelist John Updike (A.B. 1954), filmmaker Terrence Malick (A.B. 1966),  and U.S. poet laureate Tracy Smith (A.B. 1994)
• Undergraduate prize papers and dissertations of philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson (A.B. 1821), George Santayana (Ph.D. 1889), and W.V. Quine (Ph.D. 1932)
• Undergraduate honors theses of U.S. President John F. Kennedy (A.B. 1940) and Chief Justice John Roberts (A.B. 1976)

What does a prize-winning thesis look like?

If you're a Harvard undergraduate writing your own thesis, it can be helpful to review recent prize-winning theses. The Harvard University Archives has made available for digital lending all of the Thomas Hoopes Prize winners from the 2019-2021 academic years.

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• Center for Research Libraries (non-US dissertations) Use ILLiad to request. Some dissertations are available online.
• Inter-Library Loan Service (ILLiad) If the dissertation is not available or digitized, use the Thesis/Dissertation form in ILLiad to request through interlibrary loan.

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• British Library EThOS - Search and order these online "Search over 480,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily."
• DART - Europe E-theses Portal Open access portal to theses from 400+ European universities.
• eScholarship University of California "eScholarship® provides scholarly publishing and repository services that enable departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship."
• Global ETD Search (NDLTD) The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
• OATD - Open Access Theses and Dissertations "OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions."
• PDTQ Open Open access collection within ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses.

E-Books on Theses and Dissertations

• Strategies for Writing a Thesis by Publication in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Lynn P. Nygaard; Kristin Solli ISBN: 9780367204075 Publication Date: 2020-10-13 " Drawing on current research and informed by extensive experience of working with and running workshops for PhD candidates who write article-based dissertations, this book gives readers an idea of what writing a thesis by publication entails." Particular emphasis is put on how to put the individual articles together to create a coherent thesis that clarifies the student's individual original contribution.

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Top Institutional Repositories Available for Open Access

Institutional repositories are not just online document storage facilities, they serve as a platform to disseminate the institution's research output and make sure the information is available for open access.

With institutions worldwide investing in repositories, these platforms are becoming the world's most extensive and valuable sources of information and data. The best part is that most of these are open access, and scholarly work can be viewed or read from anywhere, anytime in a few clicks.

So which are the most prominent top institutional repositories out there? That's what we discuss in this article and also highlight why these platforms are thriving.

Top 10 Institutional Repositories

This list is based on Webometric’s Ranking of Institutional Repository . It is an initiative by Cybermetrics Lab, who are part of Spain's public research body, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas (CSIC).

1. The Astrophysics Data System

The ADS is a digital repository that primarily covers astronomy and physics and is operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a NASA grant.

• Size of the collection: 15 million+
• Topics covered: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary Sciences, and related research.
• Items available: Journal Article, Proceedings Article, Eprint, Book Chapter, Abstract, Circular, Tech Report, Proposal, Ph.D. Thesis, Book, Proceedings, Catalog, Press Release, Master Thesis, Software, Editorial, Images, and more.
• Content language: English
• Accessibility: Visitors can view or download the files without creating an account.

Visit the ADS repository .

2. NASA STI Repository (NTRS)

The NTRS is a digital repository that provides the general public access to scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA.

• Size of the collection: 4.3 million metadata records and over 500K full-text documents
• Topics covered: Aerospace
• Items available: Research Memorandum, Special Publications, Accepted Manuscripts, Videos, Thesis, Dissertations, Conference Proceedings, Technical Publications, Patent Information, Contractor or Grantee Report, Presentation, Preprints, Reprints, and more.
• Accessibility: Most resources are open to everyone, except for NTRS-R content, which is only available for registered NASA Community members (civil servants, contractors, grantees, etc.).

Visit the NASA STI Repository .

3. Repositório Digital Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul LUME

The LUME is the digital repository of scholarly work produced by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, one of Brazil’s largest public federal research universities.

• Size of the collection: 177555 (metadata count)
• Topics covered: Multidisciplinary
• Items available: Theses, Dissertations, Articles From Scholar or Professional Periodicals, Graduation and Post-graduation Monographs, Research Technical Reports, and Records of Work Produced and Presented in Events, Photographs, and Videos.
• Language: English, Spanish, and Portuguese
• Accessibility: ​​ Visitors can view or download the files without creating an account.

Visit the LUME repository.

4. Belarusian State University Digital Library

BSU Digital Library is the online repository of Belarusian State University. The university is home to one of the oldest and most prominent libraries in the country.

• Size of the collection: 175364 (Metadata) and 12237 (Full Text)
• Items available: Articles, Conference Papers, Syllabus, Theses, Audio, Abstracts, Texts, Diploma Thesis, Reports, Books, Newspaper Clippings, and more.
• Language: Russian, and English

Visit the BSU Digital Library .

5. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI)

The KURENAI features all types of scholarly works produced by Kyoto University, the second oldest university in Japan.

• Size of the collection: 218454 (Metadata) and 143533 (Full Text)
• Items available: Departmental Bulletin Paper, Journal Article, Theses or Dissertation, Research Paper, Conference Paper, Presentation, Book, Data or Dataset, Preprint, Learning Material, Technical Report, and Software.
• Language: English and Japanese

Visit the KURENAI repository .

6. Charles University Digital Repository

The CU Digital Repository is a database of theses and dissertations of Charles University students, established to comply with the Charles University Study and Examination Code, which requires the documents to be made publicly available.

• Size of the collection: 121450 (Metadata) and 9374 (Full Text)
• Items available: Theses and Dissertations
• Content Language: Czech and English
• Accessibility: You have to create an account to view or download the full text.

Visit the CU repository .

7. Jagiellonian University Repository / Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

The JUR is the digital repository of Jagiellonian University, a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364, it is the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest surviving universities globally.

• Size of the collection: 225862 (Metadata) and 17497 (Full text)
• Items available: Journal Articles, Bibliographic References, Theses and Dissertations, Reports and Working Papers, Books, Chapters and Sections, Patents, Datasets, and more.
• Language: Polish and English

Visit the Jagiellonian University Repository .

8. eScholarship Repository

The eScholarship encompasses the scholarly output of the ten different campuses and other affiliated research centers of the University of California.

Size of the collection: 308982 (Metadata) and 42233 (Full text)

• Items available: Working Papers, Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), Student Capstone Projects, Paper/seminar Series, and Supplemental Materials (Video, Audio, Images, etc.).
• Language: English

Visit the eScholarship Repository .

9. Portal of the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

This portal was set up to share the scholarly work produced by the University of São Paulo with the general Brazilian public and international societies.

• Size of the collection: 100832
• Items available: Dissertations, Theses, and Habilitation Theses.
• Language: English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish

Visit the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations of the University of São Paulo .

10. UP Commons Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya

UP Commons collects, manages, disseminates, and preserves the teaching and research output of the members of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.

• Size of the collection: 12800+ publications
• Items available: Eprints, Theses, Conference Papers, Data Sets, Academic Papers, Teaching Materials, Heritage Collections, and more.
• Language: Catalan, Spanish, and English
• ​​ Accessibility: Varies according to access rights of the document in question. Open access publications can be viewed and downloaded freely.

Visit UP Commons .

Now that you know the top repositories, the next step is to dig deeper and learn the reasons behind their success.

Institutional Repository Best Practices

To save you some time, we have gone ahead and compiled a list of institutional repository best practices that you must follow. Whether you are looking to improve an existing repository or setting up a new one, these guidelines should help you stay on track.

1. Be sure to set up an Institutional repository Policy

Analyze the various processes involved in the functioning of an institutional repository. Set up rules for each aspect, starting from deposit workflow, research presentation, and data management. It ensures that everyone is on the same page and knows what is permitted and what is not.

Check out the University of Kyoto's repository, KURENAI; its administrators have clearly outlined who is eligible to make deposits, what can be deposited, and much more.

2. Ensure the deposit workflow is effortless

To keep the repository running steadily, you need a continuous stream of new deposits. One way to ensure that is to make the deposit workflow seamless. Take feedback from students and faculty and find out the difficulties they are facing while depositing a research document. Then, work with your software provider to ensure that the flow is streamlined.

Typeset’s very own Discovery Suite makes the deposit workflow incredibly easy. Users will have to simply log in, enter all the relevant information, upload suitable files, as simple as that. The best part is that it comes with Copyright Detection technology allowing faculty, researchers, and library staff to do a quick copyright status check and see what format can be shared for public access.

3. Make the website and the scholarly output SEO-friendly

One of the main goals of building an institutional repository is to gain visibility. To achieve that, you need to ensure the scholarly output ranks on search engines such as Google for relevant keywords. That demands search-optimized abstracts, adding metadata, a well-structured website built in keeping with search engine best practices, among other things.

Typeset is a global leader in improving the visibility of research. Universities and research organizations worldwide use our best-in-class solution to search-optimize their research output and drive traffic to their repositories.

4. Monitor key metrics regularly

Tracking critical metrics like downloads, citations, organic traffic, and pages indexed has multiple benefits:

• It helps administrators find out what is working and what is not.
• Faculty and researchers will be encouraged to deposit more or optimize existing content because they know their work is getting discovered.
• Key decision-makers and fund-grantees are more likely to see the value in it if you can back up your claims with impact numbers.

To give you an example, LUME Repository makes metrics such as downloads per country, views per year, downloads per year publicly available.

5. Provide multilingual support

If you want the scholarly output of your institution to be accessible to a global audience, you need to make sure the user interface is multilingual. Which language should you go for? That depends entirely on the context.

For instance, the University of Sao Paolo’s Portal of the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations supports Portuguese, French, Spanish, and English.

Having an institutional repository is a great way to reinforce your institution’s commitment to Open Access. The permanent and unrestricted access it offers ensures that the scholarly output of your institution is not locked up or remains unused.

Now, if you are looking to level up your institutional repository or set up a new one, why not give Typeset a try. Typeset's cloud-hosted Discovery Suite (and CMS) allows you to seamlessly host, manage and showcase your institutional repository.

It comes with everything you need: integrated writing and publishing tools, copyright detection, streamlined deposit and approval workflows, SEO-optimized summaries, search-friendly indexing, robust reporting and analytics tools, and much more.

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Emory University theses and dissertations submitted before the launch of the ETD repository can be found by searching the Emory Library Catalog . The theses and dissertations of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint degree program by Emory University and Georgia Tech, are available in SMARTech , Georgia Tech’s repository, and in the Emory Library Catalog .

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Theses & dissertations: home, access to theses and dissertations from other institutions and from the university of cambridge.

This guide provides information on searching for theses of Cambridge PhDs and for theses of UK universities and universities abroad. 

For information and guidance on depositing your thesis as a cambridge phd, visit the cambridge office of scholarly communication pages on theses here ., this guide gives essential information on how to obtain theses using the british library's ethos service. .

On the last weekend of October, the British Library became the victim of a major cyber-attack. Essential digital services including the BL catalogue, website and online learning resources went dark, with research services like the EThOS collection of more than 600,000 doctoral theses suddenly unavailable. The BL state that they anticipate restoring more services in the next few weeks, but disruption to certain services is now expected to persist for several months. For the latest news on the attack and information on the restoration of services, please follow the BL blog here:  Knowledge Matters blog  and access the LibGuide page here:  British Library Outage Update - Electronic Legal Deposit - LibGuides at University of Cambridge Subject Libraries

A full list of resources for searching theses online is provided by the Cambridge A-Z, available here .

University of Cambridge theses

Finding a cambridge phd thesis online via the institutional repository.

The University's institutional repository, Apollo , holds full-text digital versions of over 11,000 Cambridge PhD theses and is a rapidly growing collection deposited by Cambridge Ph.D. graduates. Theses in Apollo can be browsed via this link . More information on how to access theses by University of Cambridge students can be found on the access to Cambridge theses webpage.   The requirement for impending PhD graduates to deposit a digital version in order to graduate means the repository will be increasing at a rate of approximately 1,000 per year from this source.   About 200 theses are added annually through requests to make theses Open Access or via requests to digitize a thesis in printed format.

Locating and obtaining a copy of a Cambridge PhD thesis (not yet available via the repository)

Theses can be searched in iDiscover .  Guidance on searching for theses in iDiscover can be found here .   Requests for consultation of printed theses, not available online, should be made at the Manuscripts Reading Room (Email:  [email protected] Telephone: +44 (0)1223 333143).   Further information on the University Library's theses, dissertations and prize essays collections can be consulted at this link .

Researchers can order a copy of an unpublished thesis which was deposited in print form either through the Library’s  Digital Content Unit via the image request form , or, if the thesis has been digitised, it may be available in the Apollo repository. Copies of theses may be provided to researchers in accordance with the  law  and in a manner that is common across UK libraries.  The law allows us to provide whole copies of unpublished theses to individuals as long as they sign a declaration saying that it is for non-commercial research or private study.

How to make your thesis available online through Cambridge's institutional repository

Are you a Cambridge alumni and wish to make your Ph.D. thesis available online? You can do this by depositing it in Apollo the University's institutional repository. Click here for further information on how to proceed.    Current Ph.D students at the University of Cambridge can find further information about the requirements to deposit theses on the Office of Scholarly Communication theses webpages.

UK Theses and Dissertations

Electronic copies of Ph.D. theses submitted at over 100 UK universities are obtainable from EThOS , a service set up to provide access to all theses from participating institutions. It achieves this by harvesting e-theses from Institutional Repositories and by digitising print theses as they are ordered by researchers using the system. Over 250,000 theses are already available in this way. Please note that it does not supply theses submitted at the universities of Cambridge or Oxford although they are listed on EThOS.

Registration with EThOS is not required to search for a thesis but is necessary to download or order one unless it is stored in the university repository rather than the British Library (in which case a link to the repository will be displayed). Many theses are available without charge on an Open Access basis but in all other cases, if you are requesting a thesis that has not yet been digitised you will be asked to meet the cost. Once a thesis has been digitised it is available for free download thereafter.

When you order a thesis it will either be immediately available for download or writing to hard copy or it will need to be digitised. If you order a thesis for digitisation, the system will manage the process and you will be informed when the thesis is available for download/preparation to hard copy.

See the Search results section of the  help page for full information on interpreting search results in EThOS.

EThOS is managed by the British Library and can be found at http://ethos.bl.uk . For more information see About EThOS .

World-wide (incl. UK) theses and dissertations

Electronic versions of non-UK theses may be available from the institution at which they were submitted, sometimes on an open access basis from the institutional repository. A good starting point for discovering freely available electronic theses and dissertations beyond the UK is the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) , which facilitates searching across institutions. Information can also usually be found on the library web pages of the relevant institution.

The DART Europe etheses portal lists several thousand full-text theses from a group of European universities.

The University Library subscribes to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses  (PQDT) database which from August 31 2023 is accessed on the Web of Science platform.  To search this index select it from the Web of Science "Search in" drop-down list of databases (available on the Documents tab on WoS home page)

PQDT includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations, representing 700 leading academic institutions worldwide from 1861 to the present day. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The University Library only subscribes to the abstracting & indexing version of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database and NOT the full text version.  A fee is payable for ordering a dissertation from this source.   To obtain the full text of a dissertation as a downloadable PDF you can submit your request via the University Library Inter-Library Loans department (see contact details below). NB this service is only available to full and current members of the University of Cambridge.

Alternatively you can pay yourself for the dissertation PDF on the PQDT platform. Link from Web of Science record display of any thesis to PQDT by clicking on "View Details on ProQuest".  On the "Preview" page you will see an option "Order a copy" top right.  This will allow you to order your own copy from ProQuest directly.

Dissertations and theses submitted at non-UK universities may also be requested on Inter-Library Loan through the Inter-Library Loans department (01223 333039 or 333080, [email protected] )

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More than 40,000 theses and dissertations produced at the University of Arizona are included in the UA Theses and Dissertations collections. These items are publicly available and full-text searchable. A small percentage of items are under embargo (restricted).

• Submitting master's theses to the UA Libraries was optional for many decades; as a result, we do not have all master's theses that were written at the University of Arizona.
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Your thesis

The nature of your thesis.

The thesis represents the main outcome of your research. It is assessed by examiners to determine whether you are awarded the degree for which you have studied.

The Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies also coordinates regular Thesis Workshops, please refer to the  program calendar for next availability.

A Typical Thesis

• Introduction; Why am I doing it, and what is it's significance
• A review of research/literature; What is known and unknown and identifying gaps
• My Research Question; My aim - what do I hope to discover and My methodology - how am I going to discover it?
• My Results; What have I found?
• My Discussion; What does it mean? And relating those results to literature
• My Conclusions; What are the possible applications or recommendations and what contribution does it make to knowledge?
• My References

The thesis or portfolio submitted by a candidate shall comply with the following requirements:

• it must be an accurate account of the research;
• it must be an account of a candidate's own work but if any jointly authored papers are included, the work done by the candidate must be clearly indicated and the co-author(s) must certify that they agree to the inclusion of the paper in the thesis;
• it must relate to the approved research topic;
• it must not include as its main content work which has been submitted for any other academic award or work conducted prior to the commencement of candidature. Where the main content of the thesis or portfolio consists of any significant extension or elaboration of the candidate's earlier work, that portion referring to previous work must be clearly indicated;
• examinable written components of the thesis must be written in English except where, on the recommendation of the Faculty, the Research Committee approves that it may be written in another language;
• examinable written components of the thesis must achieve a satisfactory standard of expression and presentation;
• any substantial assistance provided to the candidate during the conduct of the research and the production of the thesis must be acknowledged. The candidate must obtain written permission from the Principal Supervisor before obtaining paid editorial assistance with the thesis. If permission is granted to obtain paid editorial assistance, such assistance must be acknowledged in the thesis and if the professional editor's current or former area of academic specialisation is similar to that of the candidate, then this must also be acknowledged;
• where a series of papers is presented, there must be a comprehensive explanatory introduction and a final review to link the papers and to establish the broader academic context;
• conform to the requirements of thesis presentation.

Similarity Checking

It is strongly encouraged that you run your thesis through similarity checking software prior to submission. To support this the University provides free software – Turnitin , to enable you to undertake this review.

Prior to your thesis being examined it will be run through similarity checking software as per the Academic Integrity procedure.

Acknowledgements - Theses and Professional Doctoral Portfolios

Where appropriate, a brief acknowledgement of any substantial assistance received shall be included on a separate page inserted in sequence. The acknowledgement should list the names of the people who have provided substantial assistance with the research and the type of assistance which may relate, for example to the:

• sponsorship of the research;
• collection of data;
• processing of the data including the selection and use of particular statistical techniques;
• interpretation of the results of the statistical analysis;
• editing of the thesis;
• use of graphics in the thesis;
• word processing of the thesis.

Intellectual Property Rights

If there is material in the thesis which could or does have implications for the intellectual property rights of the candidate, the University, a sponsor of the research or some other person or body, those implications shall be stated under the heading "Intellectual Property Rights" either on the same page as the acknowledgements or on the next page in sequence.

Ethics, Biosafety and/or Radiation Safety Approval

If the thesis reports on research involving humans or human biological materials or involving animals, a page containing the name(s) of the relevant University and/or other ethics committee and the approval number(s) shall be inserted in sequence in the thesis.

Confidential Material

If there is material in the thesis which is confidential for commercial or other reasons either for a specified period or indefinitely, the confidential material, the period of its confidentiality and the reasons for its confidentiality shall be specified under the heading "Confidential Material" on a separate page inserted in sequence. In addition, the following statement shall appear on the cover of the thesis: "This thesis [or dissertation] contains confidential material as described on page [insert page number]. The thesis [or dissertation] shall not be given to anyone who is not directly involved in the examination of the thesis."

Paid Editorial Assistance

If paid editorial assistance was obtained by the candidate during the conduct of the research and the production of the thesis (and written permission granted before obtaining the assistance, the name of the editor and a brief description of the services provided must be specified in the thesis under the heading "Professional Editorial Assistance" on a separate page inserted in sequence. If the professional editor's current or former area of academic specialisation is similar to that of the candidate, this too should be stated in the prefatory matter of the thesis.

Professional editing of a candidate's thesis is limited to formatting, grammar and style (Australian Standard for Editing Practice ASEP Standard D - Language and Illustrations, ASEP Standard E - Completeness and Consistency) and must not alter or improve the substantive content or conceptual organisation of the thesis. Where a professional editor provides advice to a candidate on matters of structure (ASEP Standard C - Substance and Structure) exemplars only should be given.

There is to be an abstract of the work not exceeding 500 words for theses and professional doctoral portfolios or 350 words for dissertations and master portfolios.

Body of the Thesis

Next is the body of the thesis.

A list of references at the end will list alphabetically the sources acknowledged.   Advice regarding bibliographic standards should be obtained from the Principal Supervisor.

Thesis Length

Award                             Recommended word count        Maximum word count

Doctor of Philosophy                   80,000                               100,000

Professional Doctorate               50,000                                60,000

Master by Research                   40,000                                50,000

The length of the written component of a thesis that supports a body of creative work will depend on the approved proportions of both the creative and written components. As a guideline, the written component will not exceed:

a. for a doctor of philosophy, 40,000 words; or

b. for a master by research, 25,000 words.

(1) The major output of a Higher Degree by Research program is the examinable work which will be in the form of a thesis. The exact nature and format of the examinable work may vary with research discipline and the specific Higher Degree by Research program requirements. The production of an appropriate examinable work is the culmination of a Higher Degree by Research candidature and provides documentation of the research undertaken. The thesis is the complete body of examinable work submitted by a student for examination for a Higher Degree by Research. The examinable work must be the candidate's own account of the work undertaken.

(2) The thesis must constitute an accurate account of original and significant research on an approved topic and must relate to the associated research proposal. Through presentation of this work in a thesis, the candidate must demonstrate advanced theoretical and methodological knowledge and that the research makes an original and significant contribution to knowledge or understanding.

The rules for presentation of your thesis need to be reviewed and followed as stated in the Higher Degree by Research Procedure.

For information regarding online services relating to theses and dissertations, see the  Theses & Dissertations page on the Division of Library Services website.

To assist HDR candidates, a template for your Thesis title page has been developed that you may use for your thesis submission. There are two versions:

• Professional Doctorate and
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) .

Notice to Submit

To facilitate the timely appointment of examiners, the principal supervisor should give notice in writing to the Faculty Sub-Dean Graduate Studies of intention to submit the thesis or portfolio one month before submission. The principal supervisor completes the  Notification to submit thesis and Appointment of Examiners form.

Your thesis must be accompanied by a signed  certificate of authorship .

Your thesis is examined as per the requirements within the  Higher Degree by Research Policy .

The electronic version (preferred format is PDF) of your thesis for examination should be submitted to [email protected] .

If the file size of your thesis exceeds 20MB, please follow our procedures for sending large files via Cloudstor and ensure you provide the relevant link to [email protected]

Following the completed examination process and notification that the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) has recommended that the degree be awarded, the candidate shall  upload a digital copy of the thesis to the University Repository. Candidates will not graduate until all requirements have been met, including the submission of the final thesis.

You must submit a complete version of your thesis, however, if the thesis, or parts of it, contain sensitive material it is possible to set embargoes for a period or permanent restrictions on publication as determined by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research).   If your thesis contains material, such as copies of published journal articles, that could breach copyright laws or publishers permissions, you will need to seek a restriction or request the publisher’s permission .

To apply for an embargo or permanent restriction on your thesis please download and complete the Thesis Embargo/Restricted Version Request form on our  form and guides page . If your request is approved, you can either

• upload a partially restricted thesis ; or
• upload a fully restricted thesis

The Charles Sturt Library has a very informative page on Copyright and HDR Theses which includes information on a ‘thesis by publication’ and copyright in your thesis, and includes a sample publisher permission letter.

Graduation Locations and Dates

Each year graduation takes place at the various campuses of Charles Sturt University. Typically graduation occurs in December at the various campuses. You will receive official University notification about your graduation options. To be eligible to graduate you must meet all the requirements pertaining to examination, including the submission of digital copies of the thesis. If you do not wish to formally graduate at a ceremony you can have your degree conferred at a meeting of the University Council which meets at various times during the year. As a HDR candidate you are still permitted to formally graduate at a ceremony even after having your degree conferred at a meeting of Council.

Please refer to  Graduation Services for more information.

Publishing from Your Thesis

The general expectation is that you should seek to publish results from your research in academic journals. Your supervisors will normally mentor you through this process as there is a lot to learn. One decision you will need to make early in your candidature is whether to try to publish as you go or wait until completion before your start to publish. There are advantages and disadvantages for both choices and your supervisors will help you in making this decision.

Vanity presses   Higher degree research (HDR) students or recent graduates, may receive unsolicited emails from companies offering to publish their thesis. Some of these 'publishers' or 'vanity presses', provide limited or no editorial input, i.e. they don't provide peer-review, editorial or proof-reading support, marketing or distribution of the book. They generate income by either charging up-front publishing fees, or by the sale of copies to the author.

Publishing your thesis with a 'vanity press' such as  Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP)** may result in:

• the loss of Copyright to your work, restricting further publishing from your research in books, conference proceedings or journal articles
• a poor quality publication that doesn't meet the requirements of reporting for the  Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)
• loss of academic credibility / reputation having published with a 'vanity press'

** an imprint of VDM Publishing It is always recommended that you carefully research and evaluate the credibility of a publisher before accepting an offer to publish your thesis. Consulting your supervisor and/or the  Office of Research Services and Graduate Studies before making any decision. Faculty Librarians can also provide advice about publishers to avoid.

Authorship Protocols and Guidelines

In considering publishing from your thesis decisions must be made about attribution of authorship. The issue that arises is whether you are the sole author of any resulting publications or whether the authorship should be jointly attributed with supervisors or others.

HDR candidates and supervisors should agree on authorship of a publication at an early stage in the research project and should review their decisions periodically.

Attribution of authorship depends to some extent on the discipline, but in all cases, authorship must be based on substantial contributions in a combination of:

• conception and design of the project;
• analysis and interpretation of research data;
• drafting significant parts of the work or critically revising it so as to contribute to the interpretation.

Authorship should not be offered to those who do not meet the requirements set out above. For example, none of the following contributions, in and of themselves, justifies including a person as a co-author:

• being head of department, holding other positions of authority, or personal friendship with the HDR candidate;
• providing a technical contribution but no other intellectual input to the project or publication;
• providing routine assistance in some aspects of the project, the acquisition of funding or general supervision of the research team;
• providing data that has already been published or materials obtained from third parties, but with no other intellectual input.

A HDR candidate should be the principal author of publications emerging from a thesis with supervisors, where appropriate, taking second author status. Second author status is obligatory if the supervisor/s designates the primary variables or makes interpretative contributions or provides the database; is a courtesy if the supervisor/s designates the general area or substantially contributes to design; and is not acceptable if the supervisor only provides encouragement, physical resources, financial support, critiques or editorial contribution. In the last case, supervisors should be acknowledged in the acknowledgments section. There are some circumstances where the supervisor may be the principal author but where this occurs it must be with the HDR candidate's written approval. If research supervisors use contracts with their HDR candidates it would appropriate to include a statement of authorship. 

Thesis Binding Services

If you are seeking binding services for your thesis, the following are some organisations that offer this service, but there are many.  Please make your own enquiries and decide which best suits your needs.  For information regarding online services relating to theses and dissertations, see the  Theses & Dissertations page on the Division of Library Services website.

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Q: How do I search for an Honors thesis?

A: If you know the author or title you may enter those terms in the University Library’s Search interface.  On the results page select the format “Dissertations”.

If you would like to conduct a general search of Honors theses:

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A: If you know the author or title you may enter those terms in the University Library’s Search interface.  On the results page select the format “Dissertation”.

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A: Locate the thesis in BruKnow and select "Request This" (near "Status") to have the thesis sent to the John Hay Library and placed on reserve in your name.  If the thesis is located offsite it will arrive at the John Hay Library in 2-3 business days.

Brown University Thesis and Dissertations (2008-present) in the Brown Digital Repository (BDR)   Brown University Library archives dissertations in accordance with the Brown Graduate School policy .

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       1893-2000     Historical database of theses and dissertations   (metadata only): The Brown University Theses and Dissertations database includes over 15,000 records for dissertations written and submitted in fulfillment of Brown University degree requirements from 1893 to 2000. Included are undergraduate honors theses, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. Records include the author's name, thesis title, degree awarded, year, granting department, and when available, thesis advisor.       1893-2011   ProQuest    

Please contact [email protected] to have any of these Honors theses placed on reserve for you.

Bach, Joel . Brown is Green . 1991.

Bass, Pamela Dale. Women's Basketball: A reflector of the social evolution of women at Brown . 1991.

Bateman, Jonathan. Three Anniversaries and a university : the meaning of Brown’s celebrations in 1864, 1914 and 1964 . 2013.

Berry, Chelsea Leigh. Smuggling in the public eye : perceptions of illicit trade and Colonial identity in Rhode Island, 1755-1765 . 2012 .

Brown, Jesselyn Alicia. Sexual violence at Brown University . 1992.

Clark, Stephanie. The Evangelist and the educator : The abolitionist philosophies of Theodore Weld and Francis Wayland . 2007.

Corpuz, Veronica G. N. Brown woman - Brown voice . 1996.

Doescher, Eric Scott. First family of fortune : The rise of Nicholas Brown and Company, 1750-1770 . 2006.

Dreher, Robert. Scholarship aid at BU 1859-1867: An exploration of Institutional purpose and social values . 1978.

Elkes, Amy.  Should Brown become a green investor? The possibility of instituting environmentally responsible money management at Brown University . 1999.

Farman-Farmaian, Ayshe. Producing the first Brown student cable event : artificial Turf . 1983.

Garnett, Leah. Pruning the ivy : 80s financial aid discourses at Brown . 1991.

Gass, Adrianne. Should Brown compost more of its organic waste stream? . 2000.

Gorman, Laurel. Fox Point : the disintegration of a neighborhood . 1998.

Griffin, Mary E. Mount Hope Courts : a social/physical evaluation . 1973.

Hanley, Kate Truslow. Management of hazardous chemicals at Brown University . 1987.

Harbour, Catherine Kelley. Energy-efficient Renovation of houses: possibilities for renovations at Brown University . 1992.

Harlow, Nathaniel E. Arsenic contamination in Providence’s East Side . 2002.

Healy, Grace. The Dissolution of the Reserve Officer Training Corps : Columbia, Harvard and Brown During the Vietnam War. 2014.

Hogans, Jacqui. The architectural program of Brown University, 1946-1958 : the work of Thomas Mott Shaw . 2003.

Hurst-Hiller, Caleb. Campus activism in an era of upheaval: Deconstructing institutional reform at Brown University, 1966-1969 . 2004.

Hyland, Katherine. Progress toward gender equity in intercollegiate athletics during the 1970s : case studies and comparison of four institutions pursuing different pathways to coeducation . 2011.

Jones, Deborah P. Choosing Genes : the eugenics of Herbert Eugene Walter . 1994.

Kim, Clare. Math derived, math applied : the establishment of Brown University’s division of applied mathematics, 1940-1946 . 2011.

Kimball, Matthew. Francis Wayland: Moral reformer at Brown University . 1977.

Klein, Jeffrey A. Packaging persuasion : the incorporation of social marketing into Brown University’s recycling communications . 2001.

Lamm, Katherine. Educating citizens in a changing America : Brown University, 1764-1860 . 2007.

Lenoir, Andrew. Dead Lies Dreaming : H.P. Lovecraft and the other side of modernity . 2012.

Lim, Yannling.  The Antique clocks at Brown University . 2003.

Marmon, Jesse.   In the best interests of women - A history of the merger of Pembroke College and Brown U . 1997.

Maynard, Adam and Mark Towill. Organizing the 2010 campus conservation national at Brown University . 2011.

Miller, Mary Ann. "The Pembroke Problem": Defining women's place in Brown University 1891-1928 .  1985.

Miller, Steven J. The Final Days - Mandatory retirement Legislation and Brown University . 1978.

Moniz, Amanda B. Zachariah Allen : a Providence gentleman in nineteenth-century America. 1995.

Muller, Brook W. The applicability of passive architecture to the design of buildings at Brown University . 1987.

Nolan, Elizabeth M. University planning and decision making: the history of Brown University's Student Center. 1984.

Ostrowski, Tracy. Designing effective strategies for environmental education : an evaluation of the center for environmental studies’ partnership with Providence public schools . 1997.

Pettit, Nathaniel P.  A Home for the Liberal Ideal: Brown University Housing Policy & the East Side of Providence, 1937-1997 . 2020.  ( view this item online )

Power, Robert C. Rhode Island Republican politics in the gilded age : The G.O.P. machine of Anthony, Aldrich and Brayton . 1972.

Qualls, Alyssa A. Community building : The Azorean, Cape Verdean, and Continental Portuguese in Fox Point, Rhode Island 1900-1940 . 1993.

Reidel, Jacob. Unbuilt Brown . 2002.

Reinke, Peter. “We ran the same course our fathers have run” : An analysis of labor relations at the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, 1877-1982. 1 994.

Robb, Thomas N. A study of slang at Brown and Pembroke college . Independent Studies 1967/68, v.4.

Ross, Theresa. “There goes a man” : E.Benjamin Andrews and the presidency of Brown University, 1889-1898 . 2002.

Schermerhorn, Peter. Competing visions : historic preservation and institutional expansion on Providence's East Side, 1937-1966 . 2005.

Senville, Wayne. Jewish identification among Brown University undergraduates: Two surveys . 1973.

Silverman, Allison Lipshutz. Potluck in the Bear’s (Gar)Dens : an investigation into campus farming to develop the urban agriculture plan for Brown University . 2005.

Spiegelman, Kathy. Architectural renewal on College Hill . 1973.

Stafford, Carolyn. From college to university: The struggle of Brown University 1860-1897 . 1982.

Watkins, Allison. The environment and Brown’s Purchasing Practices : can environmentally preferable purchasing work at Brown?. 2005.

Wolf, Charles Benno. The problem of academic reputation at Brown University in the 1930's . 1972.

Masters Theses

Littlefield, Katharine, M.A. 1946

Title: The Stevens transcripts in the John Carter Brown Library ....

Brown, Marion Elizabeth, M.A. 1954

Title: Solomon Drowne, student : his papers and journals, 1753-1774, ed. ....

Chucnin, Walter, M.A. 1941

Title: Predicting freshman averages at Brown university ....

Pass, Nathan Edward, M.A. 1941

Title: Analysis of repeat cases on the Graduate record examination, level A, at Brown university ....

Dunn, Frances E., M.A. 1942

Title: Comparative performance of honors and regular concentration students of Pembroke college in Brown university on the graduate record examination profile tests ....

Porter, Margaret Mary, M.A. 1943

Title: Iowa physics placement examination. Comparative study of scores made by freshmen of Brown university and Pembroke college on the Iowa physics aptitude test, new series revised ....

Smith, Esther Hervey, M.A. 1943

Title: A study of elective hours in relation to distribution, concentration, and scholarship at Pembroke college ....

Barlow, Frederick George, M.A. 1947

Title: The performance of veterans at Brown University ....

Staats, Dean Roy, M.A. 1948

Title: A prognostic study in the Veterans College of Brown University ....

Carson, Leslie Francis, M.A. 1949

Title: A study of the Veterans College students transferred to the regular college, Brown University ....

Cook, Phyllis Arden, M.A. 1951

Title: Predicting first semester averages for engineers at Brown University : a study of the efficacy of separate predictive techniques for graduates of public and non-public schools : data from the classes of 1951, 1952, 1953 ....

Greenwood, Helen Keenan, M.A. 1951

Title: Predicting first semester averages for public and private school graduates : Brown University ....

Nazarian, John, M.A. 1956

Title: A comparative study of IC and other student groups at Brown University ....

Finkelstein, Augusta Pollack, M.A. 1957

Title: A comparative study of the academic performance of public and private secondary school graduates at Brown

Hance, Eleanor Mary, M.A. 1961

Title: Predicting concentration choices in biology, history, and literature from freshman test records at Brown

Campbell, Susan Harbottle

Title: A study of achievers and underachievers at Brown University .... M.A. 1962

Dissertations

Goldstein, Michael Saul

Title: The effect of social class background on students at Brown University .... Ph.D. 1971

Linberg, Catherine Ellen

Title: From the inside out: Sock and Buskin at eighty-five …. Ph.D. 1985

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