Dissertation

Please visit the pages listed below, in addition to the pages to the left for information and advice to assist you in completing a successful dissertation.

Dissertation Information

• Steps to Dissertation Completion
• Guide for Writers of Doctoral Dissertations (Hard copies are available from department/school graduate program coordinator.)
• Final Procedures Checklist: A helpful checklist of procedures for submitting for format check, holding the oral defense, and submitting final copies (pdf)
• Guidelines for fair use
• Copyright Permission Tool
• Sample Format for Copyright Permission Request

Accessing Electronic Dissertations - (Complete copies of all Illinois State dissertations produced since 1997 are available in electronic format from http:// wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/about_cresearch.)

General Information about Dissertation Services at ProQuest

Research and Sponsored Programs - research compliance information for research involving living human subjects, living animals and biosafety issues.

Dissertation Forms

Note: These forms are available in Interactive PDF (IPDF) format, which uses Adobe Acrobat Reader and allows you to enter data directly onto the form. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or 7.0 users may have a problem using the interactive forms. If you use Adobe Acrobat 5.0 you will not have a problem with the forms. (If you experience a problem with the ipdf form, please use the regular pdf form.)

• Proposal Approval Form (ipdf) or (pdf) for Research leading to a Doctoral Dissertation or Masters Thesis
• Request for Exception (ipdf) or (pdf) to Graduate Council Bylaws for Thesis/Dissertation Committees

Report (ipdf) or (pdf) of Dissertation Reading Committee and Final Oral Examination Committee (For Departmental Use Only)