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The Graduate School is proud to announce that your dissertations and theses will become a part of the Idaho State University electronic repository using the ProQuest ETD Administrator System. Your work will now be available to be cited by other scholars around the world.

Theses and Dissertations Upload Instructions

 To upload Theses and Dissertations (submission box below)

  1. Deadlines: Electronic PDF submission of the thesis/dissertation is due in the Graduate School 2 weeks (14 days) following the successful defense.  
  2. Please ensure your thesis/dissertation meets the format guidelines outlined in the manual.  Refer to the 2018 Thesis Dissertation Manual for instructions on formatting, pagination, mandatory items to be included and etc.
  3. Naming your ETD: Your last name, an underscore, your first name, an underscore and your degree. (Example: Smith_John_MS.pdf)
  4. Upload your manuscript and ancillary/supplemental documents in PDF format to the ProQuest ETD Administrator website using the filename format as shown below.
  5. Your thesis/dissertation will be reviewed in the order it was received.  Please allow 5-7 business days from draft submission for the Graduate School to review your thesis/dissertation.  If needed, edits will be made to ensure the document complies with the submission standards as reviewed in the 2018 Thesis Dissertation Manual.

Document Title

File Description

Last Name_First Name_Degree.pdf

[Name]
[Graduation Date]
[Thesis or Dissertation]

Lewis_Janet_MS.PDF

Janet S. Lewis
May 2018
Thesis

To Upload Revisions (Second Draft or more)

  1. Any edits made by the graduate school should be updated and submitted back to the graduate school within 48 hours.
  2. Naming your revised ETD: Your last name, an underscore, your first name, an underscore and the number of revised draft. (Example: Smith_John_Draft 2.pdf)
  3. Upload your ETD in PDF format and add your (1) name, (2) graduation date, and (3) document type in file description.
  4. Ideally, the next submission should be in a final error free form. If needed, the graduate school will return the document for corrections up to 3 times. If by the fourth (4th) submission by the student, the document is not error free, the graduation term will be moved to the following term.

Document Title

File Description

Last Name_First Name_Draft #.pdf

[Name]
[Graduation Date]
[Thesis or Dissertation]

Rodriguez_Craig_Draft 1.PDF

Craig T. Rodriguez
December 2017
Dissertation

To Upload Your Ancillary/Supplemental Documents

  1. Naming your document: Your last name, an underscore, your first name, an underscore and document type. (Example: Smith_John_use authorization.pdf)
    1. Signed Use Authorization Page [Required]
    2. Signed Committee Page [Required]
    3. SED Certificate of Completion [Doctoral Students Only]
    4. Signed Embargo Form [if needed]
  2. Upload your documents and add your (1) name, (2) graduation date, and (3) document type in file description.
  3. The deadline for submission of all documents is 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the semester (see academic calendar).