[Graduate-research-list] Your Thesis on the Web

[Wilma Ellis]

Your Thesis on the Web


 

                                                  

Stirling's new Digital Repository for eTheses is now live at
http://dspace.stir.ac.uk <http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/>  and is also
accessible via the Portal. This is an online repository for research
theses awarded by the University of Stirling.

 

For currently-registered PhD and research Masters students participation
is optional, but we are confident that electronic deposit of research
theses will soon be the norm. In common with most other Scottish
Universities, Stirling is a signatory to the Scottish Declaration of
Open Access, by which it has undertaken to "encourage, and where
practical mandate, the deposit of PhD theses in an institutional
repository." 

 

The Repository ensures a global audience for your research, leading to
greater impact and citation. Theses in the repository are indexed by
OAISter (http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu <http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/>
) and are also found by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. They
are given a short permanent url, and are stored on a reliable academic
website. The student experience elsewhere is that it promotes their
research, expands their network of research colleagues, and even helps
them locate a job (Communicator (2000) 33 (9): 1-8
<http://www.cgsnet.org/PublicationsPolicyRes/Communicatorpdfs/2000/Novem
ber00.pdf> ).

 

Depositing your thesis is easy, and can be done entirely online. Once
you have the final, corrected version, and paper copies have been
submitted to Registry, follow the instructions at
http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/repository/ethesis.html
<http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/repository/ethesis.html>  .
Alternatively, contact the Information Centre in the Library (e-mail
infocentre at stir.ac.uk <mailto:infocentre at stir.ac.uk> ; telephone (01786)
467250; internal extension 7250).

 

 

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