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,
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) 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).
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 . Alternatively, contact the Information Centre in the
Library (e-mail infocentre@stir.ac.uk; telephone (01786) 467250; internal extension
7250).