The purpose of this process is to obtain your approval to allow the company that does all of the University’s thesis and dissertation processing, UMI/Proquest, to process your research.
In addition, this form is used to verify that you have obtained the necessary copyright permissions on all third-party work. If you choose to pay the optional fee, this company will also file copyright paperwork on your behalf.
Select either the “Traditional Publishing” option or the “Open Access Publishing” option, then review and select from the additional publishing options. All works submitted to the Graduate School will automatically be made available on the Internet (in compliance with the terms specified in your release form) at MOspace.
Complete the Publishing Agreement