How to Submit Your Undergraduate Thesis to ScholarWorks@UARK

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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR UNDERGRADUATE THESIS TO

SCHOLARWORKS@UARK

URLS

ScholarWorks@UARK: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/ Start your thesis upload here: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/uht/guidelines.html

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

1. Format your thesis into a PDF If you have attachments or additional files which cannot be formatted into a PDF contact scholar@uark.edu

2. Print the Author Agreement: http://libraries.uark.edu/webdocs/scholarworks/AuthorSubmissionEmbargo.pdf

3. Using the template, create and print the Title/Signature Page: http://libraries.uark.edu/webdocs/scholarworks/Undergraduatesingnaturetemplate.docx

4. Obtain appropriate signatures for these two forms 5. Scan forms as two separate PDFs

• Go to ScholarWorks@UARK: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/

• Choose My Account, then Create new account

• Fill in the form to create your account • Note: If you would like to receive monthly download reports for your

thesis after you graduate, use a non-uark account; you may also change your email address in ScholarWorks@UARK after you graduate

When you are ready to submit your paper • Log in • Go to the Home screen

• Choose Colleges, Departments, Centers and Institutes

• Expand the choices for your college

• Select your department

• Then select the Undergraduate Honors Theses collection for your department

• Verify that you are in the correct collection for YOUR department

• Select Submit Research

• You must agree to the digital Author Agreement to continue. This step is in addition to the paper Author Agreement

Author agreement continued • Check the box and click Continue.

• Fill in all the fields pertaining to your thesis • Note: If one paper has multiple authors,

only one person needs to submit and add the names of all authors

• Make sure that you choose the correct Degree Name

• Enter the advisor and committee member names in the format Last Name, First Name

• Select 1 to 3 terms which describe the subject of your thesis.

• Expand the list, choose a term and click Select • You may search the full list of terms here:

http://scholarworks.uark.edu/assets/taxonomy.pdf • Copy and paste the full abstract for your thesis

• Upload your file • Check the box for Additional Files

• Browse and upload your Author Agreement and Title Page

• Uncheck the Show boxes • Click Continue

CONGRATULATIONS

• You have uploaded your thesis • Your thesis will not be publicly visible until the

submission has been approved by an administrator • If you have any additional questions, please

contact scholar@uark.edu