Submi&ng your disserta2on to ProQuest/UMI Prepared by Suzanne Araas Vesely, PhD
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Submi&ng your disserta2on: introductory page
You can submit a draQ of your disserta2on here and s2ll revise it at this stage, before the administrator sends it to ProQuest. NOTE: once submiCed, you will not be able to see it un2l it is reviewed by the administrator—DO NOT upload another disserta2on—contact the administrator if it is not promptly made available to you.
Submission Instruc2ons
1. Be sure that you have a PDF of your disserta2on with the abstract and the signatures of your director on the abstract and the director and your commiCee on the disserta2on
2. Then choose your subject categories. These will be the keywords to find your disserta2on in a search
3. Then click “Con2nue”
In the agreement page there is also a set of guidelines for how to
prepare the document.
PhD candidates , take note and follow guidelines to avoid revisions later
Once you accept ProQuest’s terms, you enter your contact informa2on:
No2ce that you can navigate on the leQ sidebar links, and this helps you know where you are
in the submission. Do not use back buCons; it could cause errors in your submission
…including your advisor’s name, department, commiCee, keywords, subject categories, a copy of your abstract (see forma&ng hints if you want to bold parts, etc.,) and
primary language. Save and con2nue aQer carefully rechecking your informa2on. E.g., be sure your abstract is fully entered.
Upload the disserta2on. It will not be submiCed un2l the administrator
at MUM approves your upload.
Read carefully the informa2on
about embedding the fonts. Review
the very complete help pages if you are not sure you have done it
PhD Candidates: this is another thing to do right the first 2me
You can request that ProQuest register your copyright (strongly
recommended)
Note the $55 fee for this
service, which shows
evidence that you own the
work