1. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

2. What is ETD ? Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences An ETD is a document that explains the research of a graduate student in an electronic format. It is simultaneously suitable for machine archives and worldwide retrieval. Why ETD?  Great access to research worldwide.  Better presentation of research.  Free publicity for your research.  Less expense to authors and libraries.

3. Why Switch to ETD Vireo ? Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  Vireo is part of the TDL’s ETD system for Texas universities.  It addresses all steps of the ETD Process (Student Submission, Grad School Management, ETD Publication and Preservation).  Approved ETDs can be deposited in TDL Federated Repository and UTMB Institutional Repositories (IRs)  Open access to all manuscripts (No cost to student, Searchable by Google)  Peace of mind that comes with preservation of files in TDL Repositories.

4. How to Submit ETD ? Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

5. Sign in to ETD System using UTMB Credentials Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

6. Online Submission of ETD I.Verify your personal information. II.Agree to the license. III.Enter information about your document. IV.Upload main document and supplementary files. V.Confirm your information and complete the submission. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

7. Student Submission Step 1: Verify your information Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences System auto fills name, e-mail, and school affiliation

8. Student Submission Step 2: License agreement Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences …non-exclusive rights to copy, display, perform, distribute and publish the content…”

9. Student Submission Step 3: Document information Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  Document information  Committee & chair information  Release options (embargoes, publication to UMI)

10. Student Submission Step 4: Upload Your Files Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences  Student may upload supplementary files in addition to the main thesis or dissertation.  There is no restriction on file formats students can upload for Supplementary files.

11. Student Submission Step 5: Confirm & Submit Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Students may check all information and return to any previous step to make corrections.

12. Student Submission: Submittal Complete Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

13. Life Cycle of ETD Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Research Write Thesis and Dissertation Defend Submit ETD https://etd.tdl.org/utmb-etd/ https://etd.tdl.org/utmb-etd/ UTMB Repository Receives ETD

14. Life Cycle of ETD: Continuation Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Graduate School Reviews/Approves ETD Student Graduates The TDL Federated Repository collects ETDs from universities statewide. All ETDs appear in a single searchable location. TDL Federated Repository http://repositories.tdl.org/tdl-ir/ http://repositories.tdl.org/tdl-ir/

15. Available to the World Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences The ETD in the TDL’s federated repository The ETD in UTMB institutional repository

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