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Submitting your Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis to the Mudd Manuscript Library Please Note: the following are the new Dissertation Submission Procedures which take effect The Princeton University Archives at the Mudd Manuscript Library is the repository for Ph.D. dissertations and Master’s theses. The University Archives partners with ProQuest to publish and distribute Princeton University dissertations beyond the campus community. Below you will find instructions on the submission process and the formatting requirements for your dissertation or Master's thesis.
The Ph.D. Dissertation Submission Procedure Step 1) Complete the online submission of your dissertation on the ProQuest UMI ETD Administrator website (www.etdadmin.com/princeton). This step will take roughly 20-25 minutes to complete. Students are required to upload a PDF of their dissertation, choose publishing options, enter subject categories and keywords, and make payment (fees apply only if you have chosen the Open Access publishing option or copyright registration or if you wish to order additional bound copies of your work). Step 2) Print-out the confirmation email that you receive when your submission is complete and bring it to the Mudd Manuscript Library with:
A Mudd Manuscript Library staff member will review your bound copy and the online submission and sign off on your FPO. Step 3) Student will deliver his or her completed FPO to the Office of the Graduate School in Clio Hall.
Mudd Dissertation Requirements This document offers detailed information on how to prepare the bound volume of your dissertation. Please take special note of how to format the title page, which must list your advisor’s name. The document also provides information on the submission process and requirements. ProQuest Resources This webpage offers several guides to assist you in preparing your PDF, choosing publishing options, learning about copyright considerations and more. Also see ProQuest's Preparing Your Manuscript guide. ProQuest's Support and Training Department can assist with issues related to creating and uploading PDFs and any questions regarding technical issues with the online submission site.
The fees that students are charged vary depending on the publishing option that they choose, and if they opt to register their copyright. However, all students must pay a $15 dissertation maintenance fee to the Mudd Manuscript Library, which is payable by exact cash or a check made out to “Princeton University Library.” Fees submitted online in the UMI ETD Administrator Site (publishing option fees and copyright registration fees) are payable by Visa, MasterCard or American Express. ProQuest may add a small service tax to their fees. For a breakdown of these costs, see our Fee Chart. Traditional without copyright registration: $0 to ProQuest (online); $15 fee to Mudd Library *Please note: an electronic copy of your dissertation will be submitted to Princeton's digital repository, DataSpace. This is essentially an open access copy that is available freely on the Web-- at no additional cost to you. Please consider this when choosing your ProQuest publishing option. Doctoral degrees are granted five times per year (usually January, April, June, September and November) at Board of Trustee meetings. The title page of your dissertation must state the month and year of the meeting at which you will be granted your degree, for example “April 2010.” Deadlines for materials to be submitted to the Mudd Manuscript Library are set by the Office of the Graduate School. Deadline Dates for 2011/2012: Friday, August 26, 2011 (Degree date September 2011)Friday, October 28, 2011 (Degree date November 2011) Friday, January 6, 2012 (Degree date January 2012) Friday, March 16, 2012 (Degree date April 2012) Tuesday, May 8, 2012 (Degree date June 2012) Please note: If a student is granted an extension for submission of his/her materials after a deadline has passed, the Mudd Manuscript Library must have written confirmation of the extension from the Graduate School Office in the form of an email to Daniel Linke, University Archivist ( ). One non-circulating, bound copy of each dissertation is held in the collection of the University Archives. Prior to September 2011, a circulating, bound copy of each dissertation may also be available. Information about these dissertations can be found in Princeton University Library's main catalog. ProQuest Dissertation Publishing distributes Princeton University dissertations. Members of the Princeton University community can access dissertations through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses subscription database, which is made available through the Princeton University Library. For students that choose Open Access publishing, their dissertations are available freely on the Web via ProQuest's Open Access database, PQDT Open. Dissertations are available for purchase through ProQuest Dissertation Express. Beginning in the fall of 2011, an electronic copy (PDF) of each dissertation will be placed in Princeton's digital repository, DataSpace. Please note: this is essentially an open access copy of the dissertation that is provided at no added expense to the student. Students should take this into consideration when choosing ProQuest publishing options. Submitting Your Master’s Thesis to the Mudd Manuscript Library Master’s degree students are required to submit two bound copies of their thesis to the Princeton University Archives at the Mudd Manuscript Library. For formatting guidelines, follow the instructions for the bound volumes in the Mudd Dissertation Requirements. Master's degree students are not required to submit to the ProQuest UMI ETD Administrator website. No paperwork is required. One non-circulating, bound copy of each thesis is held in the collection of the University Archives. One circulating, bound copy of each thesis may also be available. Information about theses can be found in Princeton University Library's main catalog. For additional information, contact the Mudd Manuscript Library at 609-258-6345, or AcknowledgementsSections of this guide have been adapted from similar guides prepared by the American Library Association, the Cornell University Graduate School, the Johns Hopkins University Archives, and the Harvard University Archives. Used with permission. Updated 8/26/11
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