ProQuest Distribution

ProQuest will digitize a thesis for distribution to library collections. Students are able to read thesis copies from other institutions.

There is concern that a thesis distributed this way will use-up the right of "first publication" for works in the humanities (such as fiction). Generally, publishers will not publish a work that has already been published or distributed to the public domain. Many graduate students chose to withhold their work from ProQuest distribution

Submitting the Text

The text is submitted on acid-free cotton manuscript paper, which is then bound by the library. One-inch margins are required, and I had to re-print a copy because I had included a header, and the header violated the one-inch margin.

I wanted an extra copy, so I had two copies printed with the header (one for the school, and one for myself). Then I had to re-print. Afterwards, I paid the library to bind two extra copies for me rather than just one extra.

The copy must be on acid-free paper so that it won't break down while in storage.