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The Library holds a copy of most research degree theses completed by students registered at UCL. Print copies of research theses are catalogued by author in Explore ; electronic versions are in many cases available on open access in UCL Discovery .
The Library does not normally have copies of UCL:
- MA, MSc, MRes, LLM theses
- Diploma theses
- Undergraduate dissertations
However the following libraries have small local theses collections covering their own subject areas, please contact the relevant library directly for more information:
- Bartlett Library : select exemplars of Masters dissertations are available through UCL's Open Educational Repository .
- Ophthalmology Library has a very small collection of PhD, MD and MSc dissertations.
- Institute of Orthopaedics Library has BSc and MSc theses.
- School of Pharmacy Library has a small collection of MRes theses which date from 2011 – 2014 for reference use in the library.
- UCL Institute of Education Library has selected masters dissertations, which are findable in Explore . Those published after 2000 are openly accessible in the library. All others must be requested in advance.
- Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library has examples of past MSc and MRes dissertations.
- The UCL Institute of Archaeology make some available on the dissertation module page in their Moodle.
Some departments may also maintain their own collections. For further details, please contact your departmental administrators.
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A question that has no easy answers – or perhaps it does?
By Nazlin Bhimani, on 3 April 2019
It is reasonable to put an embargo on your thesis if you are planning on converting the thesis into a book. Some publishers will ask you to take down your thesis before they will publish your work. You may consider an embargo if your thesis contains material that will be patented or is confidential in nature. However, before you put an embargo on your work, check your funder’s terms and conditions. Most funders want the research they have funded to be open access.
If I am asked for advice on whether to put an embargo or not, I usually list the advantages of making the thesis openly accessible. I may be biased in my response but I do believe the advantages far outweigh the disadvances. Quite apart from the ethical issue of making information freely and openly available, there are advantages to society too. Aside from independent scholars, who don’t have access to large libraries or cannot travel to a country where a source is held, the policymaker and the taxpayer will have access – and, consequently, you will have more readers, and perhaps even more citations. Further, the thesis will not gather dust on your shelves or languish in a vault in the Library. There are other advantages too:
- Your work will have greater visibility with the UCL brand as the URL will be yourthesis.discovery.ucl.ac.uk.
- The UCL brand offers credibility to your work as a researcher.
- Your thesis will be discoverable via Google Scholar, eThOS and on DART (European theses portal).
- You will be providing scholars in your area with a service by promoting and flagging your research so that they are aware of it but also do not waste time duplicating the research.
- This means you will get cited more quickly.
- A publisher may find your thesis and offer to publish it as a book – saving you the time to look for one.
- It is not likely that all the content in your thesis will be published in book or article format. For instance, your methodology chapter will be read more widely and this is the chapter that is not likely to be published fully in a book unless the basis for the thesis is a new methodology.
- Future employers, co-authors and your network can have evidence of the quality of your research.
- The law will protect against misuse of your intellectual property and the University will ensure that any misappropriation is actioned.
- You will be adhering to the UCL Publications Policy which favours open access. See: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access/ucl-publications-policy-2012
The disadvantages are as follows:
- Your work may be plagiarised – but this is a risk for all online content.
- Your work is sold on Amazon or eBay without your knowledge – and again, this is a risk with all online content.
- You will get harassed by predatory publishers to publish with them. Use your information literacy skills and investigate them and please, don’t give your intellectual property away.
- You won’t get known for the great researcher you are if your work stays hidden!
As you can see from the list there are more advantages to making your thesis openly available than there are disadvantages. Given the rate at which scholarship is produced and available on the internet, you may want to re-consider an embargo – at least a lengthy embargo. Fundamentally, UCL is committed to open access and we have the first open-access university press here in the UK – see UCL Press. Once your thesis and the form are uploaded and available on UCL’s research repository, UCL Discovery , it is considered to be published. Double congratulations, for you have now contributed new knowledge and, it is available for the rest of the world to read!
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UCL PhD theses in digital format can be found in UCL Discover y, but please note that some theses have restrictions on access, at least for a certain period of time, and UCL's Open Access Team can be contacted with any queries.
Records can also be found in Explore , and if we have a print copy, it may be possible to consult it in one of our libraries by filling in a Store Request Form in advance of a visit.
Older PhD theses which haven’t been scanned yet can be ordered via the British Library's EThOS service as they are digitizing them on demand, and for more information on theses generally see our web page .
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Thesis Deposit Agreement Form se complete sections 1, 2 and 3. Deposit this form, with your thesis, in UCL's Res
You will need to deposit an electronic copy of your final thesis (and a completed E-Thesis Deposit Agreement form) via UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS).
Guidelines for UCL research degree candidates on how to deposit an electronic copy of their final thesis in UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS).
E-THESIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. Candidate's name Student number Thesis title ... Candidates who wish to restrict access to their thesis should be aware that UCL is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) which give a general right of access to all information held by UCL ...
This document provides information on preparing the files, accessing and completing the E-Thesis Deposit Agreement form, and depositing the form and e-thesis to UCL Discovery via RPS.
An e-copy of your thesis and a Thesis Deposit Agreement form should be deposited to the Library via UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS). If you have any queries regarding this aspect of the process, please contact the Library directly at: [email protected]
At UCL, candidates for research degrees are required to deposit an electronic copy of their final thesis in UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS), to be made open access in UCL's institutional repository, UCL Discovery.
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Your thesis - UCL Discovery Since the 2008-09 academic year, UCL students studying for doctoral and research master's degrees have been required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis to the Library as a mandatory condition of the award of their degree. Students are encouraged to make their theses openly available in UCL Discovery, our open access institutional repository, although ...
Congratulations! You have completed your thesis, gone through the viva and have passed with flying colours (with or without corrections). At this stage, you are expected to upload the digital copy of the thesis into UCL's Research Publications System (RPS) together with the 'Thesis Deposit Agreement Form'.
We do not necessarily require any forms with the viva copies of the thesis, but do require the following on/before the final copies are submitted: UCL Award: Abstract of Thesis Form Thesis Deposit Agreement form UoL Award: Abstract of Thesis Form Reproduction of Theses Form These forms can be submitted along with the viva copies and can be ...
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