Bowling Green State University master's theses and doctoral dissertations are directly available through the world wide web via OhioLINK. In addition, dissertations are available for purchase by scholars worldwide from ProQuest Information and Learning (PQIL). Theses and dissertations reflect on their authors, on the faculty who oversee the work, and on BGSU's programs of study. It is imperative, therefore, for both the scholarship that goes into your thesis or dissertation and its final presentation to be of the highest quality.

The Thesis and Dissertation Handbook is designed to be used in conjunction with a style manual selected with your advisor's approval, in accordance with your department/program's guidelines. It provides information on Graduate College regulations and requirements pertaining to committee formation, topic approval, manuscript format, and related matters. (Because these requirements—and style manuals—change over time, you should not use earlier theses or dissertations as guides to style and format.) It is your responsibility, and that of your committee, to ensure that the manuscript submitted electronically to the Graduate College is well-written, conforms to the requirements of this Handbook and your style manual, and is free from spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors.

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