Once a thesis or dissertation has been completed, and defended, all signatures have been obtained, and the Knowledge Box Deposit agreement has been completed, a graduate student should submit an electronic copy of their thesis/dissertation to Russell Library's institutional repository, the Knowledge Box.
To make submission easier, please have a pdf copy of both your thesis or dissertation and the completed signature sheet available. The signature page should be included in the same file as your thesis or dissertation. Steps for combining two PDF files are available at https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/merge-pdf.html
CREATE A KNOWLEDGE BOX ACCOUNT
If you have not yet created an account with the Knowledge Box, click the Sign Up link on the login page at https://kb.gcsu.edu/cgi/myaccount.cgi and enter the required information. Note that your Unify credentials are not the same as your Knowledge Box credentials.
SUBMIT YOUR RESEARCH
- Login to your Knowledge Box account at https://kb.gcsu.edu/cgi/myaccount.cgi
- Go to the Knowledge Box's "Submit your Research" page at https://kb.gcsu.edu/submit_research.html
- Click on the link for your department (if a link is not available, please contact the library for further instructions.
- Read the Submission Agreement
- Check the box to agree to the terms
- Click Continue
- Enter the required information about your thesis or dissertation. You will need to know: the title, your name, date of award, document type (thesis or dissertation), degree name, your academic department, your advisors' names, up to six keywords describing your work, select a subject category, and enter an abstract of up to 250 words.
- You may also enter comments.
- Upload your files
- Optionally, you may also choose to delay the publication of your work or to make only the title page available
- After you have completed your submission, you will receive an email acknowledgment.
