How to submit your thesis

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All students who complete an honors thesis must submit a digital copy to LITS by July 1st of their graduating year (or February 1 if you are graduating mid-year). This article explains how to do that.

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You've completed your thesis - congratulations! This marks a milestone in your journey as an MHC student: you've developed expertise in an area and are now poised to become an alum and move on to further study or starting a career. Submitting your thesis to the depository is a way of marking this moment as well as publishing and preserving your work so others can benefit from your contribution to the scholarly conversation on your topic. Research Services can help you through the process of understanding the license agreement, access options, and the logistics of uploading your thesis and any related materials.

All students who complete an honors thesis must submit a digital copy to LITS by July 1st of their graduating year (or February 1 if you are graduating mid-year). By archiving your work in the Student Theses and Honors Collection, you are contributing to the continuing legacy of excellence in scholarship at Mount Holyoke College.

Get started with this checklist

  1. Review the theses and honors work policies.
  2. Review your options for setting access permissions with your thesis advisor to determine what choices are best for you and your work.
  3. Follow the thesis formatting guidelines.
  4. Review the supported file formats and recommended file sizes for thesis submissions and related files.

Ready to submit the final version?

Changes are not allowed once you have submitted.

  1. Go to the Institutional Archive main page.

  2. Log in via the link at the top right-hand area of the main page.

  3. Scroll down to the My Account box and use the Submissions link. Choose Start a New Submission and then Student Theses Collection. From there, follow the on-screen instructions.

For support, please contact Research Services at researchservices-g@mtholyoke.edu.

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Article ID: 267
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Wed 7/19/23 10:33 AM
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Thu 8/24/23 8:07 PM

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LITS can help through all the stages of your thesis: brainstorming your topic, finding sources, organizing your references, citing, and finally submitting your completed thesis to the MHC thesis repository.