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EBSCO Open Dissertations makes electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) more accessible to researchers worldwide. The free portal is designed to benefit universities and their students and make ETDs more discoverable.
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EBSCO Open Dissertations is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to increase traffic and discoverability of ETD research. You can join the movement and add your theses and dissertations to the database, making them freely available to researchers everywhere while increasing traffic to your institutional repository.
EBSCO Open Dissertations extends the work started in 2014, when EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation created American Doctoral Dissertations which contained indexing from the H.W. Wilson print publication, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. In 2015, the H.W. Wilson Foundation agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.
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1. Does UC require me to make my thesis/dissertation open access? 2. Can I delay open access to my thesis? 3. I’m working on my thesis/dissertation and I have copyright questions. Where can I find answers? 4. Where can I find UC Theses and Dissertations online?
1. Does UC require me to make my thesis/dissertation open access?
Several UC campuses have established policies requiring open access to the electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) written by their graduate students. As of March 25, 2020, there is now a systemwide Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations , indicating that UC “requires theses or dissertations prepared at the University to be (1) deposited into an open access repository, and (2) freely and openly available to the public, subject to a requested delay of access (’embargo’) obtained by the student.”
In accordance with these policies, campuses must ensure that student ETDs are available open access via eScholarship (UC’s open access repository and publishing platform), at no cost to students. By contrast, ProQuest, the world’s largest commercial publisher of ETDs, charges a $95 fee to make an ETD open access. Institutions worldwide have moved toward open access ETD publication because it dramatically increases the visibility and reach of their graduate research.
Policies and procedures for ETD filing, including how to delay public release of an ETD and how long such a delay can last, vary by campus. Learn more :
- UC Berkeley: Dissertation Filing Guidelines (for Doctoral Students) and Thesis Filing Guidelines (for Master’s Students)
- UC Davis: Preparing and Filing Your Thesis or Dissertation
- UC Irvine: Thesis/Dissertation Electronic Submission
- UCLA: File Your Thesis or Dissertation
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- UC Riverside: Dissertation and Thesis Submission
- UC San Diego: Preparing to Graduate
- UCSF: Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines
- UC Santa Barbara: Filing Your Thesis, Dissertation, or DMA Supporting Document
- UC Santa Cruz: Dissertation and Thesis Guidelines (PDF) from the Graduate Division’s Accessing Forms Online page
2. Can I delay open access to my thesis/dissertation?
Some campuses allow students to elect an embargo period before the public release of their thesis/dissertation; others require approval from graduate advisors or administrators. Visit your local graduate division’s website (linked above) for more information.
In 2013, the American Historical Association released a statement calling for graduate programs to adopt policies for up to a six year embargo for history dissertations. Many scholars found this extreme, and a variety of commentators weighed in (see, e.g., discussions in The Atlantic , The Chronicle of Higher Education , and Inside Higher Ed ). In addition, a memo from Rosemary Joyce, the Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of UC Berkeley, listed several advantages of releasing a dissertation immediately and added that “the potential disadvantages… remain anecdotal.” In the years since the flurry of writing responding to the AHA statement, the discussion of dissertation embargoes has continued, but the issues have remained largely the same. Thus, this memo from the UC Berkeley graduate dean (2013) remains an excellent summary.
3. I’m working on my thesis/dissertation and I have copyright questions. Where can I find answers?
Students writing theses/dissertations most commonly have questions about their own copyright ownership or the use of other people’s copyrighted materials in their own work.
You automatically own the copyright in your thesis/dissertation as soon as you create it , regardless of whether you register it or include a copyright page or copyright notice. Most students choose not to register their copyrights, though some choose to do so because they value having their copyright ownership officially and publicly recorded. Getting a copyright registered is required before you can sue someone for infringement.
If you decide to register your copyright, you can do so
- directly, through the Copyright Office website , for $35
- by having ProQuest/UMI contact the Copyright Office on your behalf, for $65.
It is common to incorporate 1) writing you have done for journal articles as part of your dissertation, and 2) parts of your dissertation into articles or books . See, for example, these articles from Wiley and Taylor & Francis giving authors tips on how to successfully turn dissertations into articles, or these pages at Sage , Springer , and Elsevier listing reuse in a thesis or dissertation as a common right of authors. Because this is a well-known practice, and often explicitly allowed in publishers’ contracts with authors, it rarely raises copyright concerns. eScholarship , which hosts over 55,000 UC ETDs, has never received a takedown notice from a publisher based on a complaint that the author’s ETD was too similar to the author’s published work.
Incorporating the works of others in your thesis/dissertation – such as quotations or illustrative images – is often allowed by copyright law. This is the case when the original work isn’t protected by copyright, or if the way you’re using the work would be considered fair use. In some circumstances, however, you will need permission from the copyright holder. For more information, please consult the Berkeley Library’s guide to Copyright and Publishing Your Dissertation .
For more in depth information about copyright generally, visit the UC Copyright site.
4. Where can I find UC Dissertations and Theses online?
All ten UC campuses make their electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) openly accessible to readers around the world. You can view over 55,000 UC ETDs in eScholarship , UC’s open access repository. View ETDs from each campus:
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Of particular use to alumni and the general public: The following three open access dissertation and theses databases are available. Some titles in these databases are citation only, while others provide free access with links to the full text of the dissertation or thesis cited.
- EBSCO's Open Dissertations Database Coverage varies by the source database. Provides open access to over 800,000 dissertations from 26 U.S. universities plus the UK. Created from a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, it uses the standard EBSCO search interface. Consists primarily of three resources--mostly full text titles from OhioLink's open ETD database (mainly 1999 to date); EThOS: e-theses online service of UK dissertations from the British Library (1800 to date); and citations digitized from UMI's Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. (EBSCO is working on extending this coverage from 1955 to date.)
- PQDT Open A subset of ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. Coverage: mainly 2006 to date. Some earlier titles back to 1990. PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. The text, if available, is in PDF format.
- EThOS: E-Theses Online Service (British Library) Coverage: 1800 to date. Also searchable as part of EBSCO's Open Dissertations database . More than 480,000 titles included with links to the full text for over 100,000 dissertations. About EThOS .
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Many periodical databases in academic disciplines index dissertations in addition to articles and books: MLA Bibliography , PsycINFO , and EconLit are three well-known examples. In general, one would not expect to find dissertations not already cited in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global in these databases. However, it can be a way to locate dissertations written in a particular discipline rather than searching using specific subject terms in PQD&TG.
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Corporate Social Responsibility of Construction and Real Estate Development Companies in Developing Countries: An Assessment Model , Ahmed Nabil Abdel-Salam
Effect of Cue Cardinality, Cue Representation and Judgment Options on Human Judgments , Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal
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Social Brokerage, Psychology, and Innovation in Intra-Organizational Networks , Hongzhi Chen
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Label free chemical imaging reveals novel metabolite signatures in living model organisms , Jing (Andy) Chen
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Conventions of the Commons: Technical Communication and Crowdsourced Digital Publishing , Amelia Chesley
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Computational Learning for Hand Pose Estimation , Chiho Choi
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Computational Methods for Matrix/Tensor Factorization and Deep Learning Image Denoising , Joon Hee Choi
The Relationships of Social Cognitive Career Theory Factors and Cybersecurity Research Self-Efficacy , Rylan C. Chong
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Thermal & Non-Thermal Signatures From Galactic Nuclei , Ian Christie
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Measurements of Transition Dominated by the Second-Mode Instability at Mach 6 , Brandon C. Chynoweth
The Human Dimensions of Invasive Plant Management on Family Forestlands: A Case Study in Indiana , Mysha K. Clarke
Secular Discourse in Postcolonial West African Narratives: Problems and Perspectives: A Comparative Study , Malick Coly
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Folate Receptor Beta as a Marker of Immunosuppressive Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and Tumor Associated Macrophages in the Tumor Microenvironment , Gregory Micheal Cresswell
Modeling Anthropogenic Disturbance of Wildlife , Laura E. D'Acunto
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Multidimensional Nonlinear Optical Imaging , Fengyuan Deng
Political Order in the Modernizing Mormon Kingdom, 1887-1896 , Mark Denninghoff
Structure-Function Analysis of a Flavivirus Non-Structural Protein , Michael J. Dibiaso White
Conceptualizing Individual Disaster Resilience: Benchmarking Tools for Individual and Social Coping Capacity for a Disaster Resilient Society , Lindsey J. DiTirro
Behavioral Pharmacology of Alcohol and Legal Psychostimulants , Meridith Tracy Doyle
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Design Methodology for a High-Frequency Transformer in an Isolating DC-DC Converter , Veda Samhitha Duppalli
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Teacher Identity and the Role of Relational Coaching , Melinda R. Ehmer
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Enzymatic Inhibition By Lignin During Second Generation Ethanol Production , Antonio Carlos Freitas dos Santos
Metaethical Mooreanism , Jonathan Fuqua
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Plant Mediated Effects on Tritrophic Interactions in the Solanaceae-Hornworm System , Michael A. Garvey
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Find theses and dissertations from 1942 to 2007 in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses . Full text is available to UTEP affiliates or other institutions with a ProQuest subscription.
Authors whose dissertations/theses were completed before 2008 can contact Lisa Weber ( [email protected] ) to have the full text of their work added to this collection.
The authors of works in this collection retain copyright; re-use of any work should be accompanied by proper attribution to the author; works should not be re-distributed without direct permission from the author. Embargoes on the distribution of dissertations/theses established upon their submission to the UTEP Graduate School are honored in this collection as well.
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Effect of self-interaction correction on molecular polarizabilities and core ionization energies , Sharmin Akter
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Activity Patterns Of Whiptail Lizards (aspidoscelis) Found In The Northern Chihuahuan Desert , Guillermo Alvarez
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Addressing Binational Issues For Water Quality Along The United States-Mexico Border And The Use Of The 1944 Water Treaty As A Means For Developing Transboundary Aquifer Agreements , Gilbert Anaya
Exploring The Misalignment Between State And Federal Policies: Trials And Tribulations In A West Texas School District , James Dustin Anderson
Using Stable Water Isotopes and Radiogenic Strontium Isotopes to Trace Water and its Salinity Sources in Pecos and Colorado River Basins in Texas , Nuria Valeria Andreu Garcia
Theoretical And Computational Aspects Of Robust Cluster Analysis For Multivariate And High-Dimensional Datasets , Andrews Tawiah Anum
Alteration and mineralization of the deep extension of the giant Chuquicamata porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile , Claudio Andres Araya Torres
Making The Desert Place: An Environmental & Cultural History Of The Creosote Bush From The U.s.-Mexico Borderlands , Ligia A. Arguilez
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Characterization of Potential Genes Encoding for a Glycine Transporter from Drosophila Melanogaster , Denise Avalos
Diverse Impacts of Commercial EV Charging Load Infrastructure on Electric Power Grid , Antonio Avila
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This collection contains University of Texas at Austin electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The collection includes ETDs primarily from 2001 to the present. Some pre-2001 theses and dissertations have been digitized and added to this collection, but those are uncommon. The library catalog is the most comprehensive list of UT Austin theses and dissertations.
Since 2010, the Office of Graduate Studies at UT Austin has required all theses and dissertations to be made publicly available in Texas ScholarWorks; however, authors are able to request an embargo of up to seven years. Embargoed ETDs will not show up in this collection. Most of the ETDs in this collection are freely accessible to all users, but some pre-2010 works require a current UT EID at point of use. Please see the FAQs for more information. If you have a question about the availability of a specific ETD, please contact [email protected].
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The library submission process has multiple steps. In order to meet all deadlines for conferral of graduate degrees, the entire process (including submission to Chapman University Digital Commons and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, as applicable) must be completed by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the following dates as per the deadlines set by the Office of the Associate Vice President for Graduate Education :
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How to tackle the PhD dissertation
Finding time to write can be a challenge for graduate students who often juggle multiple roles and responsibilities. Mabel Ho provides some tips to make the process less daunting
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Writing helps you share your work with the wider community. Your scholarship is important and you are making a valuable contribution to the field. While it might be intimidating to face a blank screen, remember, your first draft is not your final draft! The difficult part is getting something on the page to begin with.
As the adage goes, a good dissertation is a done dissertation, and the goal is for you to find balance in your writing and establish the steps you can take to make the process smoother. Here are some practical strategies for tackling the PhD dissertation.
Write daily
This is a time to have honest conversations with yourself about your writing and work habits. Do you tackle the most challenging work in the morning? Or do you usually start with emails? Knowing your work routine will help you set parameters for the writing process, which includes various elements, from brainstorming ideas to setting outlines and editing. Once you are aware of your energy and focus levels, you’ll be ready to dedicate those times to writing.
While it might be tempting to block a substantial chunk of time to write and assume anything shorter is not useful, that is not the case. Writing daily, whether it’s a paragraph or several pages, keeps you in conversation with your writing practice. If you schedule two hours to write, remember to take a break during that time and reset. You can try:
- The Pomodoro Technique: a time management technique that breaks down your work into intervals
- Taking breaks: go outside for a walk or have a snack so you can come back to your writing rejuvenated
- Focus apps: it is easy to get distracted by devices and lose direction. Here are some app suggestions: Focus Bear (no free version); Forest (free version available); Cold Turkey website blocker (free version available) and Serene (no free version).
This is a valuable opportunity to hone your time management and task prioritisation skills. Find out what works for you and put systems in place to support your practice.
- Resources on academic writing for higher education professionals
- Stretch your work further by ‘triple writing’
- What is your academic writing temperament?
Create a community
While writing can be an isolating endeavour, there are ways to start forming a community (in-person or virtual) to help you set goals and stay accountable. There might be someone in your cohort who is also at the writing stage with whom you can set up a weekly check-in. Alternatively, explore your university’s resources and centres because there may be units and departments on campus that offer helpful opportunities, such as a writing week or retreat. Taking advantage of these opportunities helps combat isolation, foster accountability and grow networks. They can even lead to collaborations further down the line.
- Check in with your advisers and mentors. Reach out to your networks to find out about other people’s writing processes and additional resources.
- Don’t be afraid to share your work. Writing requires constant revisions and edits and finding people who you trust with feedback will help you grow as a writer. Plus, you can also read their work and help them with their editing process.
- Your community does not have to be just about writing! If you enjoy going on hikes or trying new coffee shops, make that part of your weekly habit. Sharing your work in different environments will help clarify your thoughts and ideas.
Address the why
The PhD dissertation writing process is often lengthy and it is sometimes easy to forget why you started. In these moments, it can be helpful to think back to what got you excited about your research and scholarship in the first place. Remember it is not just the work but also the people who propelled you forward. One idea is to start writing your “acknowledgements” section. Here are questions to get you started:
- Do you want to dedicate your work to someone?
- What ideas sparked your interest in this journey?
- Who cheered you on?
This practice can help build momentum, as well as serve as a good reminder to carve out time to spend with your community.
You got this!
Writing is a process. Give yourself grace, as you might not feel motivated all the time. Be consistent in your approach and reward yourself along the way. There is no single strategy when it comes to writing or maintaining motivation, so experiment and find out what works for you.
Suggested readings
- Thriving as a Graduate Writer by Rachel Cayley (2023)
- Destination Dissertation by Sonja K. Foss and William Waters (2015)
- The PhD Writing Handbook by Desmond Thomas (2016).
Mabel Ho is director of professional development and student engagement at Dalhousie University.
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- Dryland Reclamation through a Soil Microbial Lens: Irrigation and Biochar...
Dryland Reclamation through a Soil Microbial Lens: Irrigation and Biochar Carbon Sequestration
Bauer, Amanda Marie Susanne. (2023-08). Dryland Reclamation through a Soil Microbial Lens: Irrigation and Biochar Carbon Sequestration. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/bauer_idaho_0089n_12647.html
The cultivation of arid and semi-arid lands is an important global practice, vital to the food security of millions of people, many in developing countries. To successfully convert drylands into arable fields, irrigation projects and soil-enriching, agricultural amendments are often essential. In this thesis, we considered the impacts that these agricultural management practices have on the function and sustainability of cultivated drylands. Using the Magic Valley of southern Idaho – a region once characterized by arid soils and sparsely vegetated landscape – we specifically focused on the mechanisms as they relate to soil ecology and the ecosystem services soil microbial communities provide. We first assessed the impacts of irrigation and antibiotics from manure fertilizer amendments on soils. We used a microcosm approach and incubated soils along a moisture gradient with an antibiotic dose and control for 90 days, tracking microbial respiration responses throughout. At the conclusion of the incubation, we conducted amplicon sequencing on the microbial community DNA. Our findings revealed the existence of alternative stable states and historical legacies associated with the conversion of dryland soils into moist, cultivated fields. Microbial communities are distinct in their structure and abundance once these lands are converted with irrigation. Efforts to restore these lands may encounter serious lags in returning microbial function and soil labile carbon (C) to their original state. Furthermore, we found that antibiotics from manure fertilizer amendments influenced microbial diversity, but not microbial community structure or C-cycling. To assess the viability of a relatively new approach of ameliorating agricultural soils with biochar – or carbonized organic matter – we used a second microcosm incubation. We were specifically interested in assessing the C-cycling feedback from microbial communities after the amendment of softwood-derived biochar in irrigated dryland soils. Soils were incubated with two rates of biochar amendments (2% and 10%, by mass), and a control. Soils were then dosed with 13C labeled glucose, and we traced the fate of the labeled substrate into the microbial biomass, respiration, and soil organic carbon pools. From this data we were able to assess microbial carbon use efficiency under varying rates of biochar amendment and assess whether this addition impacted the C-cycling function of soil microbial communities. We found that at the high (10%) amendment rate, microbially accessible C was initially withheld from microbial mineralization and released into the soil environment slowly over time. Yet, carbon use efficiency was not impacted at either amendment rate. We concluded that biochar additions may play a role in the temporal dynamics of carbon availability, but that biochar can be an effective C-sequestration approach in soils because microbial C-cycling is not hindered.
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