Graduate Student Resources

Welcome to this Library Resources Guide for Graduate Students. The librarians at UWSP are happy to help you with your research, thesis, project,or other related needs. We look forward to working with you! 

Locations

The Main Campus Library at UWSP has moved from Albertson Hall. Please check here for relocated service points on campus 

Research Tools (Find Books, Articles, Book Chapters, E-Books, and more)

• Subject-specific Databases
  
• Search@UW (books, articles, e-books, book chapters, streaming videos, conference papers, reports, and more)
  
• Interlibrary Loan (services that assists in obtaining research materials that are not available at UWSP or UW System)  
  
• UW Resource Sharing (enables UWSP users to borrow materials from other UW System libraries)
  
• Reference Assistance: Contact the Reference Desk to schedule an one-on-one appointment with a Reference Librarian.
  
• In-person: CCC 104
  Phone: 715-346-2836
  Email: librefd@uwsp.edu
  Chat: www.uwsp.edu/library/chat
  Text message: 715-602-3542
  

Citation Guides and Citation Management Tools (tools to help you organize, manage and format citations for your research).

• Citation Guides 
  
• EndNote
  
• Other Citation Management Tools

Study Spaces

• Please contact the Circulation Desk for information on Study Spaces during relocation (libcirc@uwsp.edu or 715-346-2540) 
  

Thesis/Dissertation Submission and Binding

Graduate students are required to submit an electronic copy of their thesis or dissertation to the UWSP Libraries. To facilitate this, students should submit their thesis or dissertation, along with a completed signature page from their graduate committee, to ProQuest:

https://www.etdadmin.com/createaccount?siteId=1056

Traditional publishing is free. However, ProQuest charges for optional services such as binding, enhanced copyright protection, and open access.

• Tip: Do not pay for ProQuest open access. Upon consent, your thesis or dissertation will be published open access in MINDS@UW institutional repository for free. See the "Online Access" section below.

Binding

A bound copy of the thesis or dissertation will be placed in the UWSP Libraries permanent print collection at no cost to the student. Graduates may purchase additional bound copies from Proquest or other printers such as:

• UWSP Printing & Design (softcover only): https://www.uwsp.edu/printdesign/Pages/default.aspx
• Grimm Book Bindery: https://www.grimmbindery.com/how-to-order/

Online Access

With the author's permission, an electronic copy of the thesis or dissertation will be placed in the UWSP Libraries catalog Search@UW and in the University of Wisconsin System institutional repository MINDS@UW. Students may embargo or opt out of online access.

Formatting

Refer to this guide for formatting your thesis or dissertation before submitting it to Proquest.

Questions?

Contact Melissa Bailey at mbailey@uwsp.edu or 715-346-3338.