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The Ohio State University is a top tier research institution and Arts Administration, Education and Policy is proud of that research and the students who produce engaging, relevant documents that are submitted in support for an academic degree. The thesis marks the end of a master’s program while the dissertation signifies the end of a doctoral study. Ohio State has agreements with two organizations, OhioLINK  and ProQuest/UMI , that store and provide access to Ohio State theses and dissertations. These links are provided for your convenience to explore the topnotch research executed at The Ohio State University.

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Answered By: Jennifer Nyiri Last Updated: Jul 26, 2023     Views: 6448

OSU dissertations and theses can be located in our catalog. Dissertations and theses from OhioLINK members can be searched in the OhioLINK catalog.

Many other dissertations can be located in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses or OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center databases.

Dissertations identified through the ProQuest database that are not available online, or any OSU dissertations not available online, can be requested through the Interlibrary Services department.

If you have not used Interlibrary Services before, please click on the First Time Users link to create an account (an ILLiad account). After you have created your account, you will be able to place your request.

More information on locating and requesting dissertations can be found at  https://guides.osu.edu/dissertations

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Publishing and Repository Services works with members of the Ohio State community to provide open access to scholarship. University Libraries offers journal publishing services via a number of platforms, but all of our journals are digital and open access, meaning there are no fees to read the articles. The Knowledge Bank is also a service of The Ohio State University Libraries that collects, preserves and distributes the intellectual output of The Ohio State University. Faculty, staff and students are invited to deposit their research and scholarship into the Knowledge Bank . Departments, administrative units, programs and centers are invited to use the Knowledge Bank to distribute their working papers, technical reports, conference proceedings and other research material.

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OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) contains over 58,000 theses and dissertations from students at 31 of Ohio’s world-renowned academic institutions. In 2012, Google thanked OhioLINK for making ETD open-access content easier to find by Google Scholar. Theses and dissertations from Ohio’s academic institutions were downloaded more than six million times from researchers around the globe in 2015.

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Committee: Requirements for the Dissertation Committee and Prospectus may vary by division.  Unless stated differently in the division guidelines, the student forms a Dissertation Committee as soon as the student and advisor agree that it is appropriate following successful completion of the Candidacy Examination.  The Dissertation Committee is composed of no fewer than three Graduate Faculty members of the CPH.  The student’s advisor, who must be a Category P graduate faculty member in the doctoral candidate's graduate program, serves as chair.  Additional Graduate Faculty members outside the CPH may also serve on the Dissertation Committee.  

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The dissertation is intended to be a demonstration of the student’s ability to function as an independent scholar.  The Dissertation Committee will offer guidance, especially in the design of the study as described in the prospectus, but the student is responsible for the conduct of the research and preparation of the dissertation.  While the length of time it takes to complete the dissertation research varies considerably, the faculty generally expects an acceptable draft of the dissertation to be complete within three years of admission to candidacy.  Doctoral candidates who do not complete the doctoral dissertation within five years after being admitted to candidacy will have their candidacy cancelled.  With the permission of the advisor and the ASGC, the student may take a Supplemental Candidacy Examination.  If this examination is passed, the student will be re-admitted to candidacy and must complete the dissertation within two years [GSH 7.5]  

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When the dissertation is complete, the Dissertation Committee together with the Graduate Faculty Representative will conduct the Final Oral Examination.  The Final Oral Examination tests originality and independence of thought, the ability to synthesize and interpret research results, and the quality for the dissertation research.  The Final Oral Examination will include discussion of the dissertation, but may range broadly to determine the student’s ability to draw connections, understand perspectives, etc.  All members of the Final Oral Examination Committee must be present at all times during the Final Oral Examination, which lasts approximately two hours. Exams may be held on the Ohio State University campus or via video conference, dependent upon unanimous agreement by the student and committee. The Final Oral Examination (first hour) may be open to individuals other than the doctoral candidate and Committee members upon the approval of the candidate and the majority of the Committee; however, invited guests will not participate in the examination nor be present during any evaluative discussion of the candidate by the Committee (second hour).  The student will have successfully completed the Examination only if the evaluation is unanimously affirmative.

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The advisor will indicate final approval of the dissertation, which cannot occur until the Final Oral Examination has been completed satisfactorily.  Each dissertation committee member indicates approval by electronically posting their decision on the Report on Final Document form that must be submitted to the Graduate School by the published deadline for the semester or summer session of graduation. All doctoral dissertations must be submitted electronically through OhioLink (Ohio Library and Information Network) by the published deadline for the semester or summer session of graduation. All Ohio State dissertations are also archived with ProQuest/UMI.

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PhD and master’s students are responsible for meeting all requirements for preparing theses and dissertations. They are expected to confer with their advisors about disciplinary and program expectations and to follow Graduate School procedure requirements.

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The Graduate School certifies that theses and dissertations have been prepared as required. Graduate School staff members are available to provide information and to review documents at any stage of the planning or writing process. The Graduate School will not accept documents if required items are missing. The Graduate School cannot provide hands on training or editing of a document to meet formatting and digital accessibility standards. The Graduate School will not extend deadlines because of miscommunication between the student and the advisor. 

Required Format Features

Ohio State dissertations and theses must contain the following format features, which must be identified with a major heading that is centered below at least a one-inch top margin. The Graduate School highly recommends you use one of the templates in the following section as many of these features are already setup to help simplify the process. Visit our format review page for more information on format review and submission.

Specific Required Format Features

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As of August 1st 2024, if students need access to Adobe Acrobat to run a digital accessibility checker on their dissertation or thesis, they can visit the  Digital Union ,  Research Commons  and  Ohio State Libraries Public Computer Areas .

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• PDF file includes full text
• PDF accessibility permission flag is checked
• Text language of the PDF is specified
• PDF includes a title
• Images, figures, and tables have descriptive captions and/or alt tags explaining content

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Finding Dissertations and Theses

The Michael Schwartz Library provides access to dissertations and theses for your research needs.

To find those authored by students at Cleveland State University , use the Scholar Online Catalog's Advanced Search . Limit Your Search by Material Type to "THESIS (PHD,M)".

• Master's theses in PAPER format are shelved on the 1st floor of the Library in the Learning Commons Area.
• Doctoral dissertations in PAPER format are cataloged and shelved with books by subject area and call number on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the Library.
• Some dissertations and theses are available full text online. If a web accessible version is available, then the Scholar catalog will link you to it. You also can find them in OhioLINK's Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center and Dissertations & Theses @ Cleveland State University via ProQuest.

To locate dissertations and theses by students from Ohio universities that are accessible online, try OhioLINK's Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) Center . You can search by keyword, browse by school and department, or browse by author name.

You also can search for dissertations and theses by Ohio students using the Advanced Keyword Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog . Limit by Other Material Types to "THESIS/DISS". You can request a PAPER copy via OhioLINK if available.

Use the research database named ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A & I to search for doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North America and Europe . Some provide a free, 24-page preview. Many are available for purchase directly from ProQuest as a PDF download. You can request a PAPER copy of a specific dissertation or thesis using Interlibrary Loan Services .

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This page contains reference examples for published dissertations or theses.

Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Miranda, C. (2019). Exploring the lived experiences of foster youth who obtained graduate level degrees: Self-efficacy, resilience, and the impact on identity development (Publication No. 27542827) [Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University]. PQDT Open. https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/2309521814.html?FMT=AI

Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. UA Campus Repository. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620615

• Parenthetical citations : (Kabir, 2016; Miranda, 2019; Zambrano-Vazquez, 2016)
• Narrative citations : Kabir (2016), Miranda (2019), and Zambrano-Vazquez (2016)
• A dissertation or thesis is considered published when it is available from a database such as ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global or PDQT Open, an institutional repository, or an archive.
• If the database assigns publication numbers to dissertations and theses, include the publication number in parentheses after the title of the dissertation or thesis without italics.
• Include the description “Doctoral dissertation” or “Master’s thesis” followed by a comma and the name of the institution that awarded the degree. Place this information in square brackets after the dissertation or thesis title and any publication number.
• In the source element of the reference, provide the name of the database, repository, or archive.
• The same format can be adapted for other published theses, including undergraduate theses, by changing the wording of the bracketed description as appropriate (e.g., “Undergraduate honors thesis”).
• Include a URL for the dissertation or thesis if the URL will resolve for readers (as shown in the Miranda and Zambrano-Vazquez examples).
• If the database or archive requires users to log in before they can view the dissertation or thesis, meaning the URL will not work for readers, end the reference with the database name (as in the Kabir example).

Published dissertation or thesis references are covered in the seventh edition APA Style manuals in the Publication Manual Section 10.6 and the Concise Guide Section 10.5

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