Graduate College

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION VERY CAREFULLY.

For help with submitting the PDF of your thesis or dissertation to OhioLINK, contact the University Libraries:

Jerome Library
Research and Information Desk
419-372-6943
libhelp@bgsu.edu

Please be sure that the document you are submitting has been thoroughly proofed for both content as well as formatting and typographical errors. The Graduate College does not take responsibility for any errors in your document--we do not have the resources to provide an editing service. Minimal checks are made to ensure you have used the templates provided and have followed the formatting specified in the Thesis/Dissertation Handbook. 

Once the document has been approved for publication to OhioLINK, changes and modifications to the manuscript cannot be made.

Required Forms - When the manuscript is in the final form required by the committee, the student secures the signatures of the thesis/dissertation committee members and the graduate coordinator on the ETD Submission Form. The completed ETD Submission Form must be submitted to the Office of Registration and Records by the posted deadline each semester. Your manuscript will not be reviewed or approved until the ETD Submission/Approval Form has been signed by your committee and received in the Office of Registration and Records. Doctoral students are also strongly encouraged to complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates and forward it to the Graduate College prior to graduation. For more information on the SED, please read the Privacy Policy and Information Brochure.

Submitting your manuscript to OhioLINK - Once your manuscript has been defended, approved by your thesis or dissertation committee, and converted to a PDF document, you are ready to upload it to OhioLINK. 

Please use caution when completing the abstract section on the OhioLINK site. You may need to replace special characters or formatting before you copy and paste your abstract information.  Be sure to carefully read the instructions during the submission process.  For example:  You will be instructed to use Title Case for the title of your document during the process.

•  LINK TO ETD SUBMISSION

Approval of your ETD - Once the file has been uploaded to OhioLINK, and the ETD Approval/Submission form has been received in the Office of Registration and Records, the ETD Coordinator will review the PDF document. If any problems are discovered with your ETD or PDF document, you will be contacted as soon as possible to resolve any issues before approval is granted. Upon final approval, your electronically submitted thesis or dissertation will become immediately available for download from the OhioLINK web site.

OhioLINK will forward doctoral dissertations to UMI for archiving purposes. Both master's and doctoral manuscripts will be cataloged in the BGSU Libraries.