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Theses and dissertations from 1980 to the present are linked to the author's respective CSU department or program; pre-1980 works are not linked to a department or program.

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Although a thesis or dissertation is planned and executed with the advice and supervision of the advisor and committee, the student must assume primary responsibility both in terms of the content of the document and in terms of its format and presentation.

Graduate students may be responsible for all or part of the expense of their thesis/dissertation research. This expense is highly variable depending on the discipline, the research topic, and the availability of support from funded projects, sponsored programs, or academic departments.

Theses and dissertations submitted for graduate degrees must be completed in the English language. In circumstances in which scholarship would be enhanced if these documents are completed in a foreign language, this must be approved by the student’s committee and the Chair/Head of the program. In such cases, an English translation of the title and abstract must be included in the document.

The candidate must submit to the Graduate School the Thesis/Dissertation Submission Form and submit their thesis/dissertation electronically by the published deadline date listed on the Graduate School website. Students should consult these deadlines whenever they approach important steps in their careers. Suggestions for preparation of the manuscript may be found in the Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Guide .

Students have the right to disseminate the findings of their theses and dissertations more broadly than is accomplished by archiving and microfilming. Prompt publication of important results is clearly in the best interests of the academic community and society as a whole. Students are therefore encouraged to bring such results to the manuscript submission stage within one year of the award of the degree.

Master’s theses and doctoral dissertations are electronically archived by the Libraries and ProQuest/UMI. General information on copyrights, publication, and embargos may be found in the Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Guide . As a public institution, CSU exposes bibliographic information about theses and dissertations on the Internet for purposes of discovery and retrieval. One of the functions of CSU is the generation and dissemination of contributions of knowledge and culture. The fundamental purpose of theses and dissertations is to make such contributions openly available for public benefit.

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Electronic Thesis & Dissertation (ETD) Resources

Your thesis or dissertation must be  approved   by the Graduate School  by the published  deadline dates  of your graduating term in order to graduate in a given semester. Additionally,  all required forms must be completed by by the published deadlines. 

Please familiarize yourself with the required submission process, copyright registration , and the student and advisor responsibilities prior to the semester you plan to graduate.

You are required to adhere to the Colorado State University Graduate School formatting and submission guidelines. The guidelines found in your department, listed on any other CSU webpages, or any previously published ETDs may not meet current formatting guidelines.

The word “thesis” refers to both the thesis and the dissertation unless otherwise noted.

Submitting Your ETD

Find tips and “how-to” resources below and you may also review detailed instructions on the  O rganizing and  Formatting Your Thesis and Dissertation  page. 

Contact the Graduate School at [email protected] or 970-491-6817 if you still have formatting questions.

ETD Formatting Checklist and Sample Pages

• Copyright Page is inserted after the Title Page with no page number
• Abstract Page is ordered after the Copyright Page with small roman numeral ii
• First page of main text is page 1.
• All page numbers are 1/2″ from the bottom of the page and centered.
• Check the Master’s Thesis Title Page Sample , Ph.D. Dissertation Title Page Sample , Abstract Sample Page and Copyright Sample Page to ensure your pages conform.
• Verify that the title on your Title Page and Abstract matches the title on your GS30 Thesis/Dissertation Submission Form.
• The Abstract and Acknowledgements are located only in the Preliminary Section.
• Check that your department name and degree name are correct.
• Check that your graduation term is correct. (Spring, Summer or Fall and year.)
• Check margins. Correct margins are 1 inch: top, bottom, left and right.
• Table captions go above the table.
• Figure captions go below the figure.
• All tables and figures must conform to margin requirement.

To assist fellow graduate students in the development of their thesis or dissertation, a pilot project was initiated by the Graduate Student Council to create a trial offering of a LaTeX template. The The CSU Graduate School and the Morgan Library are unable to provide troubleshooting support for students who opt to use this template.  If you opt to use the template, it is  your responsibility  to ensure your thesis or dissertation meets current Graduate School formatting requirements .  Please use only use the template if you are knowledgeable and familiar with the program .  View information on the the   Colorado State University LaTeX Thesis/Dissertation Template .

How-to Guide for Page Numbering

Having trouble getting Microsoft Word to behave? Try using the Page Numbering for a Thesis or Dissertation Guide (PDF) . 

Each semester, Graduate School staff provide a preliminary review of document formatting and help students with common issues. Documents are reviewed in PDF format. If you are using LaTeX, formatting can be checked if you bring a PDF file for review; however, we are unable to offer support for LaTeX.

If you would like your document reviewed for formatting before submitting to ProQuest, please send it as a PDF to [email protected]  by June 27 . We will do one preliminary review. All subsequent revisions must be submitted through ProQuest.

Submit your completed GS30 Thesis & Dissertation Submission form. Access the form in RamWeb , then deliver it to the Graduate School:

• Ph.D. students must submit the Certificate of Completion from your Survey of Earned Doctorates .
• If an embargo is required, complete the embargo section on the GS30 form and submit it to the Graduate School. Access the forms in RAMWeb .

Submit your thesis or dissertation electronically to ProQuest/UMI through the Colorado State University Libraries ETD Submission Website .

You are almost there! An email notifying you of any required revisions will be sent from ProQuest to the email address you used to set up your ProQuest account. Please make sure ProQuest is a on your safe sender list or monitor your junk mail.

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Conducting Library Research

Understanding how to use the Internet and how to search the Web is critical to the research process; however, understanding how information is cataloged in your library and how to search and browse its stacks, special collections and journal rooms is equally important.

Libraries are the preeminent physical repositories for the results of human research and learning and continue to be the primary locations at which information on a multitude of subjects will be found.

Unlike many materials found on the Web, those found in a library are carefully vetted, or reviewed, for accuracy before being added to the collection. Once added, these items are categorized, cataloged and their locations mapped and recorded for easy retrieval.

To familiarize yourself with the facilities and services of your library, call its reference desk or pay a visit and speak with the librarian on duty. A guided tour may be available. A self-guided tour containing the same information should be available on their Web site as well.

Students at Colorado State University will find library hours, facility maps, electronic databases and catalogs, archives and collections, subject-librarian contact information and more directly accessible from the home page of the Morgan Library Website.

Library Staff

The Library Staff is one of the most overlooked resources in a library. The fact is they are constantly working with its catalogs, reference books and databases and know and them inside and out. As a rule they are generally aware of new additions to their collections before they are even entered into the catalog.

In larger libraries, you'll find librarians whose sole responsibility is to work in specialized departments like the social sciences reference desk or the government documents section. If you need help locating materials, need to learn how to use a particular database or just simply want to know how to use the catalog ask a librarian. They are there to help.

Reference Room

The Reference Room in most libraries contains an amazing array of resources. It's a good place to start a project, familiarize yourself with a topic or fill in and fine-tune your research. Details, definitions, dates, statistics and all sorts of other facts can be found in the reference room. The following are among the basics in any library:

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias, atlases and gazetteers, statistical sources.

• Government Documents

Handbooks and Companions

Biographical sources, periodical indexes, bibliographies, pamphlets and annual reports, microfilm and microfiche.

Library reference rooms include a wide variety of dictionaries, ranging from standard desktop issues like Merriam-Webster's to those designed specifically for single interest topics like foreign languages, abbreviations, slang or regional dialects.

You will also find academic and professional dictionaries like Black's Law Dictionary , Stedman's Medical Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of Natural History . The entries in these specialized volumes contain the terminology used in specific fields.

Unabridged dictionaries, in which you can find the most obscure words, learn their definitions and pronunciations are standard reference books in most libraries as well. The largest, in any language, is the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) , now in its second edition.

The OED consists of twenty volumes and, in larger libraries, is often available in an electronic format. It not only defines each word but tells its etymology--or history--as well. It details the various meanings a word has held in the past and provides examples of its usage from the earliest appearance in the language to the present.

General encyclopedias, such as the New Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Encyclopedia Americana , are written for the non-specialist, someone who wants an overview of a topic, or are looking for a fairly general fact. These types of sources provide introductions to many subjects and may be especially valuable when first casting around for a research topic. Generally, they have an index volume and cross-references to help you in your search.

Once you've begun investigating more thoroughly, you may want to supplement your background reading by consulting more specialized encyclopedias that cover specific fields of study in greater depth. Often, they will include useful bibliographies of related sources. A sampling of titles includes:

• Dictionary of American History
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages
• Encyclopedia of Human Biology
• Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Encyclopedia of Religion
• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Encyclopedia of World Art
• Encyclopedia of World Cultures
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

Atlases and Gazetteers will come in handy when your research requirements contain a geographical component.

In addition to maps, many atlases include specialized information regarding the history, natural resources, ethnic groups as well as a wide variety of other topical subjects regarding specific countries and regions of the world.

Gazetteers, like the Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World , contain alphabetical listings of place names and provide basic information such as location, recent population figures and the physical and cultural features that distinguish them.

The online U.S. Gazetteer , for instance, published by the U.S. Census Bureau, provides precise latitudes and longitudes of any place-name entered into its search field.

Statistical information is an important part of many research projects and most libraries house a large assortment of resources. Perhaps the most useful single compilation is the Statistical Abstract of the United States , a small volume containing hundreds of tables relating to populations, social issues, economics as well as a wide variety of other numerical data.

The Gallup Poll , a widely recognized barometer of public opinion, publishes statistical survey results in annual volumes as well as in monthly magazines and the federal government collects an extraordinary amount of statistical data, much of which is released through the U.S. Census Bureau.

When more detailed information than that found in the Statistical Abstract of the United States is required, ask your reference librarian for more options. The U.S. Census of Population and Housing or USA Counties may be available. The National Trade Data Bank and the National Economic Social and Environmental Data Bank , two popular sources of economic information put out by the Commerce Department, may be available as well.

Using Government Documents

Government documents are mostly thought of as congressional hearings, reports issued by state and federal agencies and presidential papers. But in fact, the government publishes information on practically every conceivable topic you can imagine. The following titles provide an idea of the wide variety of topics:

• Neurobiology of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Phototherapy
• Ozone Depletion, the Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change
• Placement of School Children with Acquired Immune Deficiency
• Policy Implications of U.S. Involvement in Bosnia
• Remove Indians Westward (Committee on Indian Affairs, 1829)
• Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War (on the Battle of Bull Run, 1863)
• Small Business and the International Economy
• Strengthening Support and Recruitment of Women and Minorities to Positions in Education Administration
• Violence on Television

If you plan to use government documents in your research, don't be shy about asking a librarian for help. There are several indexes to government documents and most are electronically available. Among them:

• The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Documents is the most complete index to federal documents.
• The CIS Index specializes in congressional documents and includes a handy legislative history index.
• The American Statistical Index is a detailed index to statistical information found in government publications.
• The Congressional Record reports on the daily activity of the U.S Congress during each session.

Every year more and more electronic databases are created and released, making information, particularly statistical data, easier to access. For instance:

• Small-business statistics, the cost of pollution abatement programs, regional and state business conditions, and a wealth of other economic data will be found in The National Economic Social and Environmental Data Bank (NESE).
• Detailed population profile of your hometown, including age groups, income and education levels as well as ethnic origins can be found in the U.S. Census Report.

Between dictionaries and encyclopedias lies a species of reference book in which concise surveys of terms and topics relating to a specific subject will be found. They are referred to as handbooks or companions and their articles are generally longer than dictionary entries but more concise than those in a standard encyclopedia.

They can be a great help in clearing up questions that a research project might generate. What is fabianism? What is the novel Bleak House about? What films have been made about angels? Which animals practice mimicry as a defense mechanism?

Check with a reference librarian to see if there are specialized handbooks on your topic. The following list provides an idea of the variety you may find in your library:

• Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought
• Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery
• Dictionary of the Vietnam War
• Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion
• Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour
• Oxford Companion to English Literature

If you want to know about someone's life and work, libraries provide a rich array of sources. To help you locate them, tools such as Biography Index and the Biographical and Genealogical Master Index are generally available.

Directories that list the basic information regarding prominent people - degrees, work history, honors, address, etc. - include Who's Who in the United States , Who's Who in Politics and American Men and Women of Science. For more detailed biographical sketches, you may want to consult Contemporary Biography , Contemporary Authors , or Politics in America .

Several biographical sources contain substantial entries of people who have died: prominent Americans are covered in The Dictionary of American Biography , British figures in The Dictionary of National Biography . Prominent scientists from every nation and period of history will be found in The Dictionary of Scientific Biography .

The most up-to-date information on a given topic is quite often published in periodicals-journals, magazines, newspapers or any other publication issued at regular intervals-rather than in books. A periodical index is a list of articles from a specific time period contained in a group of selected publications or that cover a group of related subjects. Organized alphabetically they may be searched by author, title and subject in the same manner as you would in a library catalog.

Often available in both print and electronic formats, periodical indexes include the source information-periodical title, volume, issue, and page numbers-needed to locate an article. Electronic indexes, often referred to as periodical databases, usually include more information on each article, such as abstracts or short summaries, than print-media indexes.

Bibliographies are lists of sources on particular topics. Researchers compile and publish them after completing their work so that they will be available to other interested researchers. Besides books and periodicals, bibliographies reference a wide variety of other materials: films, manuscripts, letters, government documents and pamphlets that will lead you to sources that you may not otherwise have considered.

Authors record source information in several different places and formats. A full-length book may have a section labeled "Bibliography" at the back, or perhaps a section called "For Further Reading." If the author has quoted or referenced other works, they will be cited in the footnotes at the bottom of a page or a list of endnotes called "References" or "Works Cited" at the end of the book.

Book-length bibliographies on specific topics are also often available. Essential Shakespeare, for instance, is a book-length bibliography listing the best books and articles on the works of William Shakespeare. To locate such resources in an electronic database, such as a library catalog, simply add the word "bibliography" to a subject or keyword search.

If you're lucky, such a bibliography will include annotations that describe and evaluate each source.

Pamphlets and annual reports provide internal information on a wide variety of public and private institutions. When journalists need information, they get on the phone and make contacts, going directly to the source. You, too, can go directly to the source. Many organizations and companies gladly send out pamphlets, brochures and reports just for the asking.

As a reference, the Encyclopedia of Associations is a useful guide to organizations, categorized by name and subject. For government agencies, try the United States Government Manual . Ask your librarian where they are located.

Many libraries have already done the legwork for you, maintaining files of pamphlets organized by subject. A word of warning: take information from these types of sources with a grain of salt. Be discriminating: annual reports tend to paint a glowing picture of the companies they cover. Likewise, organizations advocating particular points of view will not hesitate to publish information in terms that are the most favorable to their overall objectives and goals.

Most libraries have microfilm and/or microfiche records. This technology puts a large amount of print material, such as whole newspapers and magazines, on durable strips of film that fit into small boxes or on a set of plastic sheets the size of index cards. Two weeks of the New York Times , for instance, can be put on a spool of microfilm designed to be fed through a manually operated machine designed so that readers may progress at a pace that suits them. In many cases full-sized pages can be selected, copied and printed.

In addition to newspapers and magazines, many libraries have other primary source material in microform format. For example, the American Culture Series reproduces books and pamphlets published between 1493 and 1875. Colonial-era religious tracts or nineteenth-century abolitionist pamphlets can be examined without having to travel to a museum or view a rare books collection. Likewise, the American Women's Diaries collection provides rare firsthand glimpse of the past through reproductions of diaries kept by women living in New England and the South, as well as pioneer women traveling west.

Library Catalog

The Library Catalog provides bibliographic information about the books, periodicals, videos, databases and other collections owned by a library. In the past, these records were kept on 3 X 5 cards in the wooden drawers of a card catalog. Today card catalogs are pretty rare: most libraries have converted to electronic databases searchable via the Internet.

Regardless of the form of access, the function is the same: to describe where the materials contained in a library collection are located and to make that information accessible through either an author, title or subject search.

Each item in a library catalog is identified by a call number that explains its physical location. These numbers are carefully chosen so that books and materials on the same subject will end up next to each other on the shelf. College and university libraries generally use the alpha/numeric Library of Congress classification system while local community libraries generally use the older and more familiar numeric Dewey Decimal system.

Libraries that predate the Library of Congress system will often use both. In any case, devote some research time just to browsing the stacks. You will find many great resources sitting on the shelf right next to the ones you found while searching the catalog. Think of it as an informational treasure hunt: you will be surprised at the resources available that you may otherwise never have discovered.

Certain subjects are not clearly included in either system-some fields, like computer science, mass communications, and environmental studies are newer than the classification systems themselves and so will be found sandwiched into other, related areas. Again, ask your librarian for help when you are unsure how materials are categorized or where to look for them.

Searching the Online Library Catalog

Searching the Online Library Catalog can be done either by author, title, subject or keyword. The first two are fairly straightforward. An author's name, or the title of a book, journal, magazine, newspaper or multi-media item, is entered into the search field and the results are displayed in a new browser window. Subject searches are a bit more complicated and are often more successful when done in combination with a keyword search.

Author Search

Author searches are used to locate works written by an individual, a group of individuals or a larger entity like a corporation, organization or government agency. Most search fields require the last name of an individual be entered first. First names or initials, included after a comma, will narrow the search.

Steps of an Author Search Using CSU's SAGE Catalog

The screen-shot below illustrates the first step in a SAGE author search for works by John Steinbeck. Feel free to open the SAGE catalog in a new browser window and become the researcher yourself. Select the "Author" tab and then follow the discussion below.

As you can see, the researcher has selected the Author tab and entered the author's name into the search field. Notice the results are to be sorted by year, one of the choices provided on the drop-down menu.

This screen-shot illustrates the results page returned after submitting the request.

Notice the results include 126 records of which the first 12 are displayed. Each record will also display information about the author, the book, the publisher and, most importantly, its location, call # and status. As you can see, there are a number of electronic links available.

The final screen-shot illustrates the expanded information that comes from clicking on the underlined title.

Title Search

Title searches are used to locate specific works written by an individual, a group of individuals or a larger entity like a corporation, organization or government agency. Most search fields will accept a partial title when you are unsure of its exact wording.

Steps of a Title Search Using CSU's SAGE Catalog

The screen-shot below illustrates the first step in a SAGE title search for John Steinbeck's American classic, The Grapes of Wrath . Feel free to open the SAGE catalog in a new browser window and become the researcher yourself. Select the "Title" tab and then follow the discussion below.

As you can see, the researcher has selected the Title tab and entered the name of the book into the search field. Notice also that the results are to be sorted by Author, one of the choices provided on the drop-down menu and that the search field is not case sensitive.

The next screen-shot illustrates the results page returned after submitting the request.

Notice the researcher had to scroll down the results page looking for the first record of a book titled The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck. It shows up ninth on the list. That's because there are 34 records displayed, indicating that other books have been written about this title and its author.

As you can see, there are a number of electronic links available to you. Each record displays information about the author, the book, the publisher and, most importantly, its location, call # and status.

Subject Search

Subject searches are more complicated than author and title searches. To be effective you need to create a list of likely headings under which your topic might be cataloged. An extensive list of standard terms used by most libraries can be found online in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) .

Steps of a Subject Search Using CSU's SAGE Catalog

The screen-shot below illustrates the first step in a SAGE subject search for source material about the "Dust Bowl", the 1930's natural disaster in which John Steinbeck set his American classic, The Grapes of Wrath . Feel free to open the SAGE catalog in a new browser window and become the researcher yourself. Select the "Subject" tab and then follow the discussion below.

As you can see, the researcher has selected the Subject tab and entered a subject heading into the search field. Notice also the results are to be sorted by the system-sorted option, the default choice provided on the drop-down menu.

This search only produced two results. Notice that one is for children. Each record displays information about the author, the book, the publisher and, most importantly, its location, call # and status.

The final screen-shot illustrates the expanded information that comes from clicking on the underlined title of the first record.

In this case, the researcher knows the dust bowl has been written about extensively and that there is most likely more source material than these results indicate. Further subject searching can be conducted with a Keyword search.

Keyword Search

A keyword search is more flexible than a subject search. But to be effective you first need a list of likely keywords that can be entered individually or in various combinations into the search field. Start with subject headings. An extensive list of standard terms used by most libraries can be found online in the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

Steps of a Keyword Search Using CSU's SAGE Catalog

The screen-shot below illustrates the first step in a keyword search for source material about the "Dust Bowl", the 1930's natural disaster in which John Steinbeck set the great American classic, The Grapes of Wrath .

Feel free to open the SAGE catalog in a new browser window and become the researcher yourself. Just follow the discussion below.

As you can see, the researcher has selected the "Keyword" tab and entered a subject heading into the first two search fields. Notice that the results are to be tied together by the Boolian search term AND, which instructs the search engine to return all records having both sets of words.

This screen-shot illustrates the results page that returned after submitting the request.

As you can see, five records have been found. Not great, but it's better than the two records turned up in the previous subject search tutorial. A further search is in order.

This screen-shot illustrates a return to the initial keyword search page for another try.

As you can see, the keywords migration and California were added to the search fields and great depression was left out.

The final screen-shot illustrates a new results page.

The researcher was able to identify two new sources and, in this case, neither one was among those turned up in the first search. There are now seven useful titles related to the 1930's dust bowl that can be added to the working bibliography.

Be aware that duplication is more the rule than the exception and be prepared for its likelihood as you continue combining keywords in your search.

Your skills will naturally improve as you familiarize yourself with your library's online catalog. Be aware that this type of searching will also generate a lot of irrelevant titles along with the useful ones, especially if the terms entered are fairly common or generic. Learn to be specific.

Databases and Electronic Indexes

Databases and Electronic Indexes are collections of information stored on CD-ROM's, the Internet or commercial Web sites generally accessible only through a subscription. The information they contain is organized into electronic fields, records and files so that a computer program-or database management system-can easily find requested items. Their organization is much like that of a filing cabinet:

• An electronic field is one piece of information: one electronically digitized journal article.
• An electronic record is a collection of fields: one folder containing ten related journal articles.
• An electronic file is a collection of records: one drawer containing 100 folders, each containing ten related journal articles.
• An electronic database management system is the whole filing cabinet : four drawers , each containing 100 folders , each of which contain ten related journal articles .

Some databases provide information that is primarily numeric, such as government census data. Other databases, like the Modern Language Association's MLA Online, contain primarily textual information. Hypertext databases, on the other hand, will contain a wide variety of electronically digitized information ranging from word documents and photographic images to audio and video feeds.

When a database presents information about other publications, such as books, periodicals, or government documents, it is called an electronic index. They are the electronic equivalent of print-format indexes-like the Periodical Index-found in the library Reference Room.

You'll find three broad categories of databases and electronic indexes in most college or university libraries. These range from general indexes, such as the Reader's Guide to Periodic Literature, to specialized indexes and government databases.

There are a wide range of electronic databases on the Internet. Some of them are free. Most, however, are available only by subscription. All university libraries pay licensing fees to a wide variety of selected databases in order to provide students, faculty and staff with the necessary access.

These licensing agreements often only allow access through library computers or those connected to the campus network. Contact your library to determine which databases you can access via the Internet.

Here are two of the most useful databases available without a subscription:

• ERIC : a Database containing more than 1.2 million abstracts of documents and articles in the field of education.
• FedWorld : a Web site providing access to thousands of U.S. Government Web sites and more than a 1/2 million U.S. Government documents, databases and other information products.

General Indexes

An index is a guide to the material published within other works, mostly periodicals. In a periodical index, you'll find every article for the periodicals and the period covered, typically listed by author, title, and subject. It will also include the source information, such as issue and page numbers.

Several common indexes will help if you're looking for general interest magazine or newspaper articles. The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature is a good example and is available in print, on CD-ROM, and online. The printed version is a good choice, however, if you are doing any historical research. Begun in 1900, its older volumes are useful in locating popular press coverage of events happening at any time in the twentieth century-for example, articles about the bombing of Pearl Harbor published in the days after it happened.

Likewise, the New York Times index will help you track down that newspaper's coverage of events back to 1851. Another popular index is InfoTrac, a computerized resource that emphasizes materials written for a fairly general audience (though one version, the Expanded Academic Index, includes scholarly journals).

NewsBank, is an index to newspapers that draws on more than 500 local U.S. newspapers. Updated monthly, it is available both in print and on CD-ROM. Your library may also have an index to a local newspaper as well, which can help you track issues in your area. Some computerized indexes include downloadable and printable abstracts and full-text articles.

The Humanities Index, the Social Sciences Index, the General Science Index, the Business Periodicals Index, or PAIS International, an index focusing on public affairs, are aimed at more specialized audiences and provide more analysis than those found in popular magazines. The computerized Expanded Academic Index provides the same kind of coverage as the first three of these indexes. These tools index the most important scholarly journals in their fields, but they don't include obscure or highly specialized publications. The articles found in these indexes will be fairly long, include footnotes, and be based on and give detailed research information. These are the kinds of indexes you'll want to use for detailed research on social issues, literary criticism or science and medicine.

Specialized Indexes

Specialized indexes list books, articles, dissertations, and other specialized materials relevant to their specific disciplines. Many of the items they list are obscure and available only in the largest libraries.

These indexes are great resources if you are working on an in-depth project and need to track down hard-to-find source material. The following specialized tools-and dozens more-are available both in paper and electronic form.

• America: History and Life
• Biological Abstracts (Biosis)
• Index Medicus (Medline)
• MLA International Bibliography
• Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO)

A reference or special-sections librarian can help you locate and use the specialized indexes housed in your library as well as those of other research libraries accessible through the interlibrary loan system.

Government Databases

The federal government is the most prolific publisher in the world and, in an effort to make information accessible to all citizens; libraries in many locations serve as depositories for government publications. If your college library isn't a depository, there may be one nearby. Large libraries often have collections of local and international documents as well.

• Small-business statistics, the cost of pollution abatement programs, regional and state business conditions, and a wealth of other economic data will be found in The National Economic Social and Environmental Data Bank (NESE) .

Every year more and more databases like these are being released. If you plan to use government documents in your research, don't be shy about asking a librarian for help. The documents can be difficult to locate on the shelves, and since new computerized sources are coming out all the time, it's wise to get an expert on your side.

Online Document Dollections

Online document collections contain electronic versions of printed texts, often classic texts on which the copyright has expired. Leading collections include the following:

• Project Gutenberg is an online catalog of over 18,000 free books, all of which the copyright has expired, that are downloadable as E-books.
• The New Bartleby is a Website providing teachers and students free access to online reference material on literature and poetry.
• Internet Archive is a Web site archive of free accessible electronic political documents, periodicals, discussions and e-zines.

As with library collections, online document collections are growing in number and scope. In addition to the public sites mentioned above, your library may subscribe to any number of commercial collections, such as the Electric Library . To learn which collections your library subscribes to, consult a reference or subject area librarian.

Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary loans facilitate the borrowing of materials from other libraries without actually having to go to them. There are a number of reasons for using this service:

1) Your library may not have the item you are wanting

2) Someone else may have already borrowed the item from the library you most often use.

The first is a common occurrence: Not all the contents of a library collection are the same as the next. The second, equally common, occurs when many students attending the same college or university are working on a similar assignment, especially during the same semester: a sound argument for not procrastinating, or waiting till the last minute, to begin your research project.

Most colleges and universities allow you to make an interlibrary loan request from your own personal computer or from any of the computers located in the library itself or in computer labs located elsewhere on campus. The online request form should be self-explanatory; however, in the event it is not, any librarian will be able to assist you in learning the procedure.

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Find theses and dissertations, theses and dissertations written at csu stanislaus.

Access electronic theses and dissertations online via ScholarWorks .

• You can filter your search results by resource type (Thesis, Project, etc.), CSU campus, department (Education, Social Work, Psychology, etc.), and degree level.
• Search keyword, title, or author* to find call numbers and locations of theses and dissertations written by CSU Stanislaus students. For theses in print format, one copy is available to be checked out from the University Library stacks. Theses and dissertation in electronic format are accessible through OneSearch. 
• Advanced Search   includes more features for finding available theses.   In the "Search for:" section of the Advanced Search form, use the filter "Books & Media (CSU Stanislaus)", then add in the keyword/s, title, and/or author* in the search fields.  Under the "Resource Type" filter (on the left hand of the screen), select "Theses and Dissertations."

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ProQuest Dissertations Full-Text: Humanities and Social Sciences

• Includes descriptions (abstracts) of over 2.1 million dissertations and theses written for humanities and social sciences degrees, as well as the full-text (in PDF) of most written since 1997.
• The "Books & Media (CSU+)" option of OneSearch includes theses written at most campuses of the California State University system. Search for a topic and the word theses (e.g. J apanese American History theses ). To narrow search results more, use the "Tweak My Results" filters found on the left-side of the search results page.

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Folders and files, repository files navigation, the official colorado state university thesis/dissertation latex template.

Welcome to the repository for the official LaTeX template for Colorado State University theses and dissertations . This package is designed to help users of the LaTeX typesetting system get started writing their thesis. Please also review the official guidelines and sample pages provided by the CSU graduate school , which provide important information about the style and formatting of your document.

If you plan on using another typesetting or word processing system for your thesis, e.g., MS Word or LibreOffice, then this package will likely not be helpful for you .

Getting Started

To get started, please review the sample.pdf and sample.tex files included with this package . These files will serve both as the documentation for this template and also as a starting point for your thesis. Most users will probably want to copy sample.tex to something like thesis.tex and begin inserting their own content using the provided examples.

The final chapter of sample.pdf contains solutions to problems that are commonly encountered when creating a CSU thesis in LaTeX. Please look this section first when trying to troubleshoot a problem. If this section does not address your problem and you later discover a solution, please submit a pull request on GitHub that includes a description of your problem and solution. This will help others who encounter the same problem in the future.

The CSU graduate school and Morgan Library are unable to provide troubleshooting support for LaTeX users at this time, other than reviewing your final pdf document. You may want to locate other LaTeX users in your department or college. Google and LaTeX Stack Exchange are also excellent resources for LaTeX troubleshooting.

If you run into any bugs, shortcomings or other problems with this package, please feel free to submit a bug report on GitHub . If you are able to provide a fix yourself, pull requests are very much appreciated.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the CSU Graduate Student Council and the CSU Graduate School for initiating, commissioning and supporting this project. I would also like to thank Nicole Ramo for her support and ensuring that we followed through with this project to completion. I would like to thank Leif Anderson, who created and supported the previous LaTeX template for a number of years. Although I have never met Leif, his work was invaluable in the creation of this package and has helped many students get their thesis approved by the CSU graduate school. Finally, I would like to thank everyone who helps to contribute to this package. Your work will help many CSU graduate students to create professional, beautiful and compelling theses and dissertations using LaTex. Last but not least, thank you to the creators and maintaners of LaTeX for creating a fantastic typesetting tool.

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Since Fall 2016, all CSUDH theses have been submitted digitally and the University Library is in the process of uploading all digital theses to ScholarWorks, the CSU-wide institutional repository. Prior to Fall 2016, a bound copy of each print thesis was acquired by the library and shelved in the library’s thesis collection. The library is currently in the process of digitizing all print theses and will make the resulting electronic files available to CSUDH students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Search for a CSUDH thesis by title or author in OneSearch . Then, check the box for Material Type - Theses and Dissertations . If you don't see this option, click on Show More . For print theses, check the box for Available in the Library . All theses are in storage and can be requested to pick up at the Book Pick Up & Check Out Desk. 

• Search for a CSUDH thesis by title or author in OneSearch . Then, check the box for Material Type - Theses and Dissertations . For electronic theses, check the box for Full text available online . 
• You can also browse select CSUDH theses in ScholarWorks by using filters for Resource type - Masters Thesis , Campus - Dominguez Hills , and by Department .

Please note: not all theses have been digitized and deposited in ScholarWorks. 

• Select CSUDH theses are available through the database CSUDH Dissertation and Theses from Proquest . Not all CSUDH Theses are available through Proquest. 

If you are unable to find what you are looking for, chat with a librarian or email [email protected]

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How you cite dissertations and theses is dependent whether the work is published or unpublished. Unpublished dissertations and theses are normally found in print form on a university's or college's library shelves. Published works are found online, either in a database, or in a digital university archive  or even on a personal website.

Unpublished theses and dissertations cite the university or college as a source. Published theses cite the database or archive as a source, and insert the university or college name in the brackets following the title.

Unpublished thesis:

• Mobilio, L. D. (2002).  The developing writer: a handbook for upper elementary school teachers  [Unpublished master's thesis]. California State University, Chico.

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• Denno, J. (2013). Clinical reasoning in nursing students  [Master's thesis, California State University, Chico]. Chico Digital Repository.  http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/10211.4_576
• Hayward, G. M. (2020).  Searching for Meaning: New Methods, Measures, and Modeling Approaches in the Sociology of Religion  (Order No. 27963394) [Doctoral dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill].  ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection.   
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The CSU ePress Publishing Directions for Theses and Dissertations is for students publishing their theses or dissertations in the CSU ePress. It describes copyright information for students, along with a detailed look at Creative Commons licenses and how they are used in the CSU ePress.

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Step 1 : Submit Submission Approval Form

The submission Approval Form give the CSU ePress the permission to post your work (Thesis or Dissertation). To access the Submission Approval Form , please go to https://columbusstate.kualibuild.com/app/builder/app/6447d4cfc39ebc327a04ecdf/start

You may choose an embargo period of 2 years in which to delay the posting of the thesis or dissertation located on the second page of the form.

Step 2: The thesis/dissertation final version should be submitted in a PDF file format. Then should be submitted to the Defense Panel’s chair. The Defense Panel’s chair will follow the directions provided under the section of this document labeled Directions for Thesis/Dissertation Defense Panel.

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Charles Sturt Research Masters / PhD theses are available as follows:

Theses from 2009 - are available online in the Charles Sturt Research Output (CRO) repository as PDF files.

Older ‘print only’ theses held by the Library can found using the Advanced Search option in Primo Search :

• Select Advanced Search .
• Select Search Profile = Books, journals, DVDs & more .
• Select Any field and as a phrase enter charles sturt university .
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You can search for CSU theses about a specific topic by including additional keywords, e.g. marketing

Print theses must be used in the library only. If a thesis is held at another Charles Sturt Campus Library, you can ask for it to be sent to you at your local Charles Sturt Campus Library.

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The National Library of Australia’s Trove database lists most Australian university theses. Not all online theses are publicly available.

• Go to the Trove homepage and type your keyword into the search box
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• Use Refine your results on the right to limit the Format to Thesis, and Access to Free access.

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• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database Doctoral and Masters theses abstracts from US, European, British, and Irish graduate schools and universities, plus many available in full-text.
• EBSCO Open Dissertations OpenDissertations.org is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to improve discoverability of ETD research.
• EThOS Theses and dissertations from higher education institutes in United Kingdom. Registration required [free] in order to view theses online.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) International database of theses and dissertations.
• Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theses and dissertations from more than 130 institutions. TREN includes conference papers from several academic societies.
• Theses Canada Theses and dissertations from Canadian higher education institutions.
• DART-Europe: e-thesis portal Searchable database of research theses held in European repositories with links to at least one electronic copy of every thesis it lists.
• Hong Kong: Dissertations and Theses Collections (DTC) Online union collection of Hong Kong and Macau postgraduate students' doctoral and master dissertations and theses.

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Alternatively, the library can locate and purchase a copy of a thesis on your behalf. Charges apply and are based on the rates outlined in the Australian ILRS Code but may vary according to the individual library.

Interlibrary Loans staff will provide a quote before proceeding with the request. Use the ILL Request link in Primo Search to submit a request.

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