Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What is an ETD?

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) provide a new method for graduate students at Southern Illinois University to submit theses and dissertations. In the Spring of 2005, the Graduate Council at SIUC approved mandatory electronic submissions of theses and dissertations.

You are required to submit ETD at the ProQuest submission site.

The ETD provides a technologically advanced medium for expressing your ideas by incorporating multimedia objects. You may prepare your ETD using nearly any word processor or document preparation system. The Theses and Dissertations must be submitted as a PDF file and be ONE document.

ETD may include color diagrams, color images, hypertext links, audio, video, animations, spreadsheets, databases, simulations, and virtual reality worlds. The inclusion of new multimedia can allow students to better express ideas.

Why ETD?

Improves graduate education through more effective sharing
Opportunity to better express ideas
World-wide access to scholars
Timely sharing of technology, knowledge, and peer review
Economical

Copyright and Intellectural Property

Compliance with copyright law is imperative. Information on copyright issues is available from the following web sites:

Submitting Dissertations and Theses in Digital Format

For electronic submission of your thesis or dissertation, please go to http://dissertations.umi.com/siu. Here you will find a detailed FAQ as well as information from UMI regarding ETD submission requirements.

Questions/Concerns

For any questions or concerns regarding ETDs, please contact Dr. Ratna Sinha in the Graduate School.

For technical help, please contact the Information Desk, Morris Library at 453-3028

Questions regarding the Graduate School: Contact gradschl@siu.edu

Questions regarding the Graduate Assistantship\Fellowship Office: Contact gaoffice@siu.edu

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