Resources & Guidelines
Obtain information on publishing your dissertation or thesis with ProQuest/UMI Dissertation Publishing.
Publishing Guides
- Preparing your manuscript for submission (including supplemental files)

Provides guidance on how to embed fonts and other issues important to preparing your manuscript for submission.
- Subject Categories

A complete list of the available UMI subject categories.
- Open Access compared to Traditional Publishing

More information on the publishing options available to you, and why you might choose one over the other.
- Delayed release and other publishing options

Provides guidance on why you may or may not want to put an embargo or sales restriction on your graduate work.
- Copyright and your dissertation or thesis

Provides guidance on avoiding copyright infringement and protecting the copyright you have on your graduate work.
- Why Copyright

Provides information on the advantages of copyright registration
- Authors - Third party discovery and access to your dissertation or thesis
Copyright Guidelines & Publishing Policies
- UMI Copyright Booklet
Information regarding copyright law and graduate research.