Please Note: You are the owner of the copyright in your Dissertation. By executing this document, you are granting permission to Georgia State University to publish this document online, including on the World Wide Web, immediately upon graduation, unless embargoed or closed. See below for additional information about these options.
Pre-Submission Checklist:
- Have you included any copyrighted material in your Dissertation?
If yes, have you obtained permission to include that copyrighted material in your Dissertation?
If you included copyrighted material and have not obtained permission, you must obtain these permissions before submitting. Contact the Office of Legal Affairs if you have any questions.
- Does your Dissertation disclose or describe any inventions or discoveries that could potentially have commercial application and, therefore, warrant patenting? (If you and/or your faculty advisor(s) have any questions about making this determination, please contact the Office of Technology Transfer & Commercialization.
If yes, the technology transfer and patenting process necessitate further conversation before you can continue with the ETD submission process to determine the appropriate embargo on access to your dissertation to protect patent eligibility.
- Are you requesting an access restriction for your Dissertation? Georgia State colleges have different policies regarding embargos and may require permission for an embargo, so be sure to check with your college before making this decision.
No embargo required: By choosing no embargo, you agree to publish your dissertation in ScholarWorks@GSU immediately after graduation. This option will provide the broadest possible access to your work. The full text of your Dissertation and any supplemental files will be accessible online for unlimited viewing. Your Dissertation will be indexed and discoverable via major search engines.
Embargo: By choosing an embargo, you are requesting that there be no access to the full text of your Dissertation for a specified period. Your dissertation will be listed and indexed in the Georgia State University Library Catalog and in ScholarWorks@GSU, but the full text of your Dissertation and any supplementary files will not be accessible until the expiration of the embargo. Your Dissertation will be listed and indexed in the Georgia State University Library Catalog and in ScholarWorks@GSU, but the full text of your Dissertation and any supplementary files will not be accessible until the expiration of the embargo. The title, author, keywords, and abstract will be displayed on the web in the record for your Dissertation, even if you have restricted access to the full-text copy. If you are embargoing due to patentability concerns, ensure your abstract is written not to be considered prior art. If you do not want an abstract displayed, enter “No abstract to protect patentability” in the abstract field when you upload your Dissertation.
Closed: By choosing a Closed Thesis or Closed Dissertation, you limit online access to the full text of your submission to the Georgia State University campus (IP address). No one outside of GSU can see your thesis or dissertation. This is the equivalent of available access when theses and dissertations were only on a library shelf. Your thesis or dissertation will be shared due to an Interlibrary Loan request.
- Has your college approved your Dissertation formatting? If not, you must have your formatting approved before submitting your Dissertation.