Submitting a Master's Thesis to the Library

SUBMITTING A MASTER'S THESIS TO THE LIBRARY

The keys to a successful and stress-free thesis submission are planning and preparation. After you have received approval from your professor (signature required), please submit your thesis on a CD in PDF format. (Microsoft Office 2007 is now available in both the IT Center and the Library, so you can save Word documents as PDF). CDs not in PDF format will be returned. Most discrepancies can be easily avoided if graduate students carefully review their thesis and ask questions in advance.

For any submission questions, please call Wayne Halliday at 718/960-7768 or e-mail: [email protected].

Please submit your thesis to the Library according to the following guidelines:

1. Each CD must be labeled with the year, title, name of student, Department, course code, and course number.

2. Each CD must be accompanied by the printed (paper) cover page adapted from the one currently used by the Education Division. (See verso)

3. Submit the thesis CD and printed (paper) cover page to Wayne Halliday, Library, Room 119A, during daytime hours – or to the Circulation Desk evenings and weekends. A receipt will be available.

The Library plans to create two designated workstations for accessing the Thesis Database, with links to PDF file documents.

December 2007

1 Template for cover page of Master’s thesis

NAME OF STUDENT

NAME OF DEPARTMENT [For example: Art, Biology, Black Studies, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, English, History, Journalism-Communications and Theater, Mathematics, Middle and High School Education, Music, Nursing, Specialized Services in Education, and Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences]

ABSTRACT [A short, descriptive summary of your thesis]

KEYWORDS [What terms best describe the material covered in your thesis?]

Submitted to meet the requirements of [COURSE CODE AND NUMBER] in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of [MASTER OF SCIENCE, MASTER OF ARTS, MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION, MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING, OR MASTER OF FINE ARTS] in [STATE THE PRECISE NAME OF YOUR PROGRAM HERE]

LEHMAN COLLEGE

MONTH, YEAR

NAME OF ADVISOR OR READER [typed]

SIGNATURE OF ADVISOR ______

DATE ______

2 Leonard Lief Library - Lehman College/CUNY Acknowledgment of Receipt

Date: ______

Author’s Name: ______

Department: ______

Telephone number: ______

E-mail address: ______

Library staff: ______

This acknowledges receipt of your completed Master’s Thesis on CD submitted ______(date). The thesis will be available for review in the Library.