Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD)

Beginning Fall Semester 2020, Doctoral students are required to use the 7th Edition of the APA Style Manual for their dissertation.

Frostburg State University:

• FSU's ProQuest ETD site
• FSU's Dissertation Style Guide

ProQuest:

• ProQuest's Resources & Guides
• ProQuest's Preparing Your Manuscript for Submission (PDF)
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global - requires FSU authentication for access off-campus
• ProQuest's Open Access Dissertations & Theses (PQDT Open) - search for open access dissertations

APA Style:

• APA Style Blog - This official APA style website provides more information, examples, tutorials, and supplementary materials
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): APA Style - Pudue University's Online Writing Lab provides examples and  guidance with APA style
• Valencia College: APA Style  - Valencia College's guide to APA references demystifies APA reference and citation format by breaking it into sections

Copyright & Fair Use:

• “Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities” by Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University, available through ProQuest
• “Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis” with excerpts from Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University - (includes sample reproductions request letter/form)
  
• A Graduate Student's Guide to Copyright: Open Access, Fair Use, and Permissions, University of Michigan Copyright Office
• The Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office, Fair Use webpage
• The Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office, Fair Use Checklist