Course Resources

About These Resources

This course page contains links to all resources mentioned in this workshop. You can refer to this page as a refresher once you complete the course. Alternatively, this page can serve as a way to quickly receive the content without completing the full readings or activities found in the modules. 

Keep In Mind

The conversation around publishing policies, US law, UW and departmental policies and disciplinary or professional norms is nuanced and often requires deep interrogation and inspection. We urge you to contact us at uwlib-etd@uw.edu for any questions you may have regardless of how you participate in the rest of this course. 

Resources by module

Learning Module 1: Publisher Policies

• Reading: Can Openly Accessible E- Theses Be Published as Monographs? A Short Survey of Academic Publishers Links to an external site.
• Reading: Elsevier - Clarification of our policy on prior publication Links to an external site.
• Reading: Spring - Manuscript preparation Links to an external site.
• Tool: Sherpa/Romeo Links to an external site.
• Guide: ETD Access Decisions
• Guide: Access Options for ETDs

Learning Module 2: Copyright and Contracts

• Guide: Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis Links to an external site.
• Contact: uwlib-scp@uw.edu 

Learning Module 3: Licensing and Sharing

• Website: Creative Commons Links to an external site.
• Guide: Creative Commons Licenses

Learning Module 4: Formatting

• Website: ETD Formatting Guidelines (Grad School)
• Template: Master’s Thesis Title Page Template
• Template: Doctoral Dissertation Title Page Template
• Template: Copyright Page Template
• Template: Abstract Template
• Images: Creative Commons icons Links to an external site.
• Website: School of Social Work ETD guidelines
• Template: School of Social Work ETD template
• Guide: UW Libraries citation guides
• Website: ResearchWorks Archive Links to an external site.
• Website: Natureʻs Formatting Guide for Authors Links to an external site.
• Guide: Creating Accessible Documents Links to an external site.

Learning Module 5: Putting it all Together

• Website: UW Grad Schoolʻs Deposit and Dissemination Policy
• Website: ResearchWorks Links to an external site.
• Website: ProQuest's ETD Database Links to an external site.
• PDF: ProQuest Traditional Publishing Agreement Links to an external site.
• PDF: UW Libraries Thesis and Dissertation Submission Agreement
• Website: Copyright Office Links to an external site.

Credits: Photo by Adrien Olichon Links to an external site. from Pexels. Links to an external site.Additional photo assets are licensed CC-0 through Pexels Links to an external site., Canva Links to an external site., and IcoMoon Links to an external site..