Research Guides
The Graduate School's Deposit and Dissemination Policy states that your ETD must eventually be made available openly on the web. Your ETD will be hosted in two places: UW's institutional repository, ResearchWorks, and in ProQuest's ETD Database.
Consequently, you will need to indicate your choices in TWO sections about how your ETD is made available. Most students choose to make their work available immediately, but you can choose to limit access temporarily before making it available openly.
IMPORTANT: The metadata describing your ETD, including the citation and abstract, is openly available immediately - regardless of the embargo or restriction status. This information is searchable by Google, Bing and other search engines, so take care that neither the descriptive information nor the text contain confidential or sensitive information.
Also called "Institutional Repository (IR) Publishing Options"
Available on the open web, and indexed in Google Scholar. All ETDs will ultimately be Open Access.
Only those with NetID login or using UW campus computers can access the ETD or its files. Available for 1, 2 or 5 years.
Note: this option still serves as public disclosure for the purpose of patent applications.
No one may access the ETD or its files; however, the metadata will still be available on the ResearchWorks landing page and in Google Scholar. Available for one year. If a patent application remains open after that year, alumni may contact the libraries to extend this restriction level for up to another year.
Also called "PQ Publishing Options" or "Traditional Publishing"
Anyone associated with an institution with a ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database subscription may access the files. Anyone may pay ProQuest individually to buy a copy of the ETD.
No one may access the ETD or its files. Options include 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, or "Other". Students wishing to permanently exclude their ETD from ProQuest should indicate so in the "Other" field and contact the Graduate School to discuss their preference.
| If you want to: | then you need to select: | ||
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| In UW ResearchWorks | In ProQuest | ||
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Make ETD available to everyone on the web immediately |
“Open Access” |
AND |
n/a* *ProQuest access is limited to subscribing members. If you choose Open Access through ResearchWorks we recommend you also choose “Immediate Access” through ProQuest
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| Restrict access to members of the UW community for a defined period |
“UW-Only Access” Choose 1, 2, or 5 years, at which point it will become openly available on the web. |
AND |
“No Access during Restricted Access Period” Choose 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, or your own specification. Make sure it aligns with your UW-Only restriction period. |
| Restrict access to members of the ProQuest subscription community (includes UW) |
“UW-Only Access” Choose 1, 2, or 5 years, at which point it will become openly available on the web. |
AND |
“Immediate Access”* *Be aware that the ETD will be openly available on the web through ResearchWorks once the “UW-Only Access” period ends |
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Deny access to anyone (limited to 1 year) |
“No Access” Available for 1 year, at which point it will become openly available on the web. |
AND |
“No Access during Restricted Access Period” Choose 1 year, to align with ResearchWorks. |