Publishing Options In ProQuest

Before you make a decision regarding a publishing option, please review the section on Publisher Issues. Below is information to help you walk through the process of selecting your publishing option.

In addition to being published in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database, your manuscript will be published Open Access in GW ScholarSpace, the University's Institutional Repository, pending any embargo option you have selected.

This section provides

• an explanation of key terms
• a step by step guide to selecting your publishing options on the Proquest ETD Administrator site

• Open Access
• Traditional Publishing

Additional Help:

• Crossing the Finish Line: Uploading Your Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD)

ProQuest Documents:

• Open Access Publishing PLUS compared to Traditional Publishing 
• Embargoes & Restrictions