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Doctoral Research Project Report Checklist for ETD Submissions

1. 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. Instructions for online ETD submission are also available in pdf format.
   
   
2. Submit your Project Report online at http://wvuscholar.wvu.edu:1801/deposit
   - Login requires activation of WVU MasterID account
   
   
3. Download, print and complete your Doctoral Research Project Report submission forms available below:
   
   Packet Items
   • Completed and signed ETD Submission Signature Form (pdf).
   • $15.00 cash (exact change please), check, money order payable to West Virginia University Libraries.
   • Survey of Earned Doctorates (pdf).
     
   • OPTIONAL:  If you wish to participate in the UMI publication services, please follow the indications in the Doctoral Dissertation ETD Submission Checklist.
   • Fees may be subject to change.
     
     
4. 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  26506-6069

     Phone:  (304) 293-5267
     Email:  John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu

• Approval

If the electronic thesis 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 thesis 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. Your ETD submission information will appear in wvuScholar the same day of approval.

Revised:  12-Nov-2009