Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Graduate students began submitting ETDs during the Spring semester of 2004. Electronic submission was optional until the Fall semester of 2004. To date, 1,803 ETDs have been uploaded. ETDs can be accessed through the UCF Libraries' Catalog.

Graduate Studies provides students with specific information regarding UCF's thesis and dissertation policies, processes, services, deadlines and guidelines. ETD workshops, handouts, and FAQs are readily available to guide graduate students through the entire process. Various departments on campus provide students with research, writing, and citation assistance. For technical questions related to ETD formation, the Office of Instructional Resources offers free services to assist with the preparation of theses and dissertations, such as Word style and PDF creation workshops, conversion of multimedia files to acceptable formats, and document scanning. Once the final format is approved, the office sends instructions to the student for submitting their final PDF to the UCF Libraries' ETD web site. Upon submission, a script converts the data entered into an FCLA designed, METS XML document. At the end of each semester, all ETDs are uploaded from the Library to FCLA where they are processed into the UCF Libraries' catalog (ALEPH). The catalog records are suppressed until reviewed by a UCF cataloger. ETDs designated to be sent to UMI are transferred via FTP. The ETDs are then ingested into the Florida Digital Archive for long-term storage, digital preservation, and migration.