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Scope

The Electronic Theses and Dissertations database is the intellectual output of graduate students at the University of Arizona. The database allows for searching and browsing on all the topics. Coverage includes theses and dissertations (2005 - ) approved by the Graduate college and masters' reports (2003 -) from College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture in the Department of Geography and Regional Development. at the University of Arizona (UA). The database is updated weekly. Motivations for this project include:

Collect and organize scholarship for UA's colleges and departments
Provide open access to UA's scholarship.
Preserve scholarship in digital formats to ensure long-term access

The database provides a web-based open access channel to access UA theses and dissertations for faculty, students and researchers around the world. The project started in 2005 and will be launched in February 2006. All UA's theses and dissertations (600-700 per year)will be loaded to the database to ensure long-term access and preservation. The library is a member of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) to promote dissemination and preservation of electronic analogs to the paper/microfiche based theses and dissertations. Locally it servers the University in three ways:

Provides timely access (usually within a week after submission) to UA's theses and dissertations
Allows UA faculty and students to access theses and dissertations produced by institutions around the world through NDLTD
Collects and Organizes theses and dissertations for colleges and departments for long-term access and preservation.

Access and Preservation Files

Delivery File Formats: PDF (theses and dissertations), other file formats (optional)

Preservation File Formats: PDF(theses and dissertations), XML(metadata), TIFF(rights forms)

Finding Theses and Dissertations

For 2005- UA's theses and dissertations

Find from UA libraries' Electronic Theses and Dissertations.

For pre-2005 and 2005- theses and dissertations from most North American (including UA) and European institutions

Find from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

For theses and dissertations from some of the World's institutions

Find from Networked Digital library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).

Masters' Reports @ UofA

Masters' reports submission: If you are a master student required to submit a master report, please do the following.

1. Prepare your report in a single PDF. (Word document will not be accepted).

2. Download the distribution rights form , fill it out and sign

3. Send the PDF file and the distribution rights form to your program coordinator

For More Information

Contact: Helpline helpline@u.library.arizona.edu

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank:

All the students who grant the library rights to reproduce and distribute their dissertations or theses.
The Graduate College: Paul Pronze, Dianne Horgan.