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Format Requirements

Introduction
Arrangement of Contents
Electronic Formats
General Format Issues
Print Formats
Style Guide

Resources

Submission Checklists
Finding Theses & Dissertations
Keyword Thesauri (pdf)
Samples
Submission Forms

Web Links

General Information

Graduate Contacts
How to Create ETD Files
Intellectual Property Issues
Submission Deadlines
Submission Process
WVU ETD Policy (pdf)

Services

Advising & Submissions
ETD Technical Support

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Mr. Hagen will be out of the office Friday, July 3rd. Submission packets may be delivered to the Wise Library, however, ETDs will not be reviewed during this period.

  • The WVU eTD collection is now available via our the wvuScholar Institutional Repository domain. For collection access please visit http://wvuscholar.wvu.edu.

  • Summer 2009 ETD Submission Deadline: Friday, July 31st

  • Adobe Icon Print version of this guide (2008 edition -obsolete) 2009 edition is forthcoming.

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Questions? Contact John Hagen by email at John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu or by phone at (304) 293-5267.

Revised 29-Jun-2009

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