Your master's thesis or doctoral dissertation is posted separately with ProQuest through the Graduate School. The publishing settings laid out below explain what you are selecting through ProQuest and how it will translate when added to eGrove. These publishing settings range from the most open access option to the least open. For more detailed information about ProQuest publishing settings, refer to ProQuest's Publishing Guides.
Metadata refers to information that you have provided about your thesis/dissertation that can be used for researchers to more easily find your paper, including the title, author and abstract.
Search engine access is an optional ProQuest publishing setting that allows websites like Google, Bing and Yahoo to find the metadata for your paper. All metadata in eGrove@UM has search engine access.
| ProQuest Settings and Descriptions | eGrove Settings and Descriptions |
| Open Access Publishing Plus – Search engine access to metadata, full paper is downloadable. (ProQuest charges a fee for this setting) | Search engine access to metadata, full paper is downloadable. (No charge) |
| Traditional Publishing – Search engine access to metadata can be selected, full paper is downloadable only from the ProQuest database. | Search engine access to metadata, full paper is downloadable. Can be a good alternative to ProQuest Open Access Plus. |
| Do not delay release – Search engine access to metadata can be selected, no embargo has been applied. Full paper will be available, in either Open access or Traditional above, immediately after ProQuest has added the information. | Search engine access to metadata, full paper is downloadable and will be available immediately after eGrove has added the information. |
| Delay release – Embargo has been applied - Search engine access to metadata can be selected, metadata available through the ProQuest database, full paper is not available for download for a limited time. | Embargo has been applied - Search engine access to metadata, full paper is not available for download for a limited time. |
The author retains all other rights in the work, including without limitation, the right to copy and distribute the work. Essentially, this non-exclusive license means that, unless the author has already granted copyright or other rights to another party, the author may publish, post, deposit, or otherwise use the work as he/she wishes.
