- FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
- Introduction
- Arrangement of Contents
- Electronic Formats
- General Format Issues
- Print Formats
- Style Guide
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- Graduate Contacts
- How to Create ETD Files
- Intellectual Property Issues
- Submission Deadlines
- Submission Process
- WVU ETD Policy (pdf)
- RESOURCES
- Submission Checklists
- Finding Theses & Dissertations
- Keyword Thesauri (pdf)
- Samples
- Submission Forms
- Web Links
- SERVICES
- Advising & Submissions
- ETD Technical Support
Doctoral Dissertation Checklist for ETD Submissions
Revised: 08-Sep-2008
- Complete electronic document conversion to acceptable format (i.e. pdf, etc.). For further information on how to create and submit your document see http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/theses/submit-process.htm.
- Submit your dissertation online at http://eidr.wvu.edu/
- Download, print and complete your Doctoral Dissertation ETD Submission Packet
Packet Items
- Completed and signed ETD Submission Signature Form.
- $80.00* publishing fee.
- Completed and signed UMI Doctoral Dissertation Agreement Form (pages 4 and 5).
- Print copy of title page; see Sample Title Page (pdf).
- Printed copy of abstract page; see Sample Abstract (pdf).
- Completed "Survey of Earned Doctorates."
- Optional Services (for information see our online documentation)
- UMI Open Access fee: $95.00* in addition to the base fee above.
- Copyright fee: $65.00* (copyright is optional but recommended).
- *All fees may be paid in cash (exact change please), check or money order made payable to West Virginia University Libraries. All fees listed above may be paid on one check or money order.
- Fees may be subject to change.
- Deliver your ETD Submission Packet in person or by mail to the University Libraries Acquisitions Department (Downtown Campus)
WVU Libraries
Acquisitions Department
Attn: John H. Hagen
Wise Library, Room 2510
P.O. Box 6069 / 1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069Phone: (304) 293-5267
Email: John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu- Approval
- If the electronic dissertation is in acceptable form and the ETD Submission Packet is complete, the University Libraries will approve the submission electronically, indicating that all obligations regarding submission of the dissertation to the University Libraries have been fulfilled. An official email notification will be sent to the student and to the appropriate office in the college/school or department granting the degree. Your ETD will be catalogued and distributed on the World Wide Web according to the distribution option you have chosen.