Location:

Level 3, Central Library (adjacent to the Law Library)

Normal opening hours:

8.30am to 5pm weekdays (excluding public holidays)

Vacation opening hours:

9am to 5pm weekdays (excluding public holidays)

Email:

special.collections@flinders.edu.au

Phone:

8201 5238

Postal address:

Special Collections,

Central Library,

Flinders University,

GPO Box 2100,

ADELAIDE, SA 5001

At the conclusion of the examination of your research higher degree, university rules require the submission of your thesis to the library. You can either submit two hard copies, or one hard copy and one copy in digital format to the national database of theses.

If you are interested in participating in this project, you will be required to convert your existing files into the appropriate standard format for the project. The standard format for theses on the web is PDF (Adobe – Portable Document Format).

When creating the PDF files you will need to conform to the approved filename standard.

The advantages of allowing web access to your thesis include:

• The research has a global audience, and students gain world wide exposure and recognition
• More immediate access to research findings is available 
• Access is independent of time, place and computer system/platform
• Theses are protected from physical damage or loss

There are no costs involved in making your thesis available to a global audience under this program.

If you submit an electronic copy of your thesis to the library, under University Regulations you only need to submit one bound copy.

If you choose not to submit an electronic copy, the Library still requires two bound copies pursuant to clause 12 of the Rules for Higher Degree Theses.

Please note:

• All bound copies must be submitted to your Faculty Office, not direct to the Library.
• Honours theses and Research Components of Coursework Degrees are not eligible for deposit in the repository.
  

You may choose to restrict your electronic thesis to Flinders campus access only, or you may restrict all access for a period up to 24 months.

File naming instructions

How to save and name your files.

Deposit Form

Submit your thesis. (Please follow the file naming instructions above. Note that you cannot save the data in this form and return to it later, so you need to have all the information available when you begin.)

Adobe Acrobat Reader

About Acrobat reader

Retrospective submission of Flinders higher degree theses to the digital repository is welcomed.

Further enquiries regarding electronic theses should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian, Gillian Dooley, (08)8201 5238.