Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD)

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Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD)
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What is ETD ?

• An ETD is a document that explains the research
  of a graduate student in an electronic format. It
  is simultaneously suitable for machine archives
  and worldwide retrieval.
• Why ETD?
• Great access to research worldwide.
• Better presentation of research.
• Free publicity for your research.
• Less expense to authors and libraries.

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Why Switch to ETD Vireo ?

• Vireo is part of the TDLs ETD system for Texas
  universities .
• It addresses all steps of the ETD Process
  (Student Submission, Grad School Management,
  ETD Publication and Preservation).
• Approved ETDs can be deposited in TDL Federated
  Repository and UTMB Institutional Repositories
  (IRs)
• Open access to all manuscripts (No cost to
  student, Searchable by Google)
• Peace of mind that comes with preservation of
  files in TDL Repositories.

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How to Submit ETD ?
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Sign in to ETD System using UTMB Credentials
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Online Submission of ETD

• Verify your personal information.
• Agree to the license.
• Enter information about your document.
• Upload main document and supplementary files.
• Confirm your information and complete the
  submission.

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Student Submission Step 1 Verify your
information
System auto fills name, e-mail, and school
affiliation
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Student Submission Step 2 License agreement
non-exclusive rights to copy, display, perform,
distribute and publish the content
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Student Submission Step 3 Document information

• Document information
• Committee chair information
• Release options (embargoes, publication to UMI)
  

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Student Submission Step 4 Upload Your Files

• Student may upload supplementary files in
  addition to the main thesis or dissertation.
• There is no restriction on file formats students
  can upload.

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Student Submission Step 5 Confirm Submit
Students may check all information and return to
any previous step to make corrections.
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Student Submission Submittal Complete
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Life Cycle of ETD
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Life Cycle of ETD Continuation
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Available to the World
The ETD in the TDLs federated repository
The ETD in UTMB institutional repository
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