Special Collections: Theses at the Frances Loeb Library

The GSD offers peer tutoring sessions for students to meet with a writing tutor. Students can sign up for up to two one-hour sessions per week. Writing tutors are GSD students that have strong writing skills and will collaborate with their peers to improve their writing.

This guide offers information on writing resources, citation style guides, and academic writing expectations and best practices, as well as information on resources related to copyright, fair use, permissions, and open access.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online offers two distinct citation systems: the notes and bibliography system, and the author-date system. The Chicago Manual of Style Online also has a helpful search function where you can seek answers to your citation questions.

If you have a question about research or writing and aren't sure where to find the answer, you can always submit your question to our library staff using Ask a Design Librarian.

A graphic explaining Fair Use from the Harvard Office of Scholarly Communication.

A University-wide guide to copyright and fair use policies.

This guide from the University of Texas Austin includes a great section on getting permissions.

Based on copyright information for dissertation authors from ProQuest and Kenneth D. Crews.

A useful chart to know if something is under copyright or in the public domain.

Includes links to MArch thesis requirements, choosing a thesis advisor, and a thesis prep syllabus.

Information about the MLA independent thesis including a link to the current MLA Thesis Manual document and the MLA Thesis Declaration Form.

Includes links to the UPD Thesis Handbook, UPD Thesis Timeline, recent UPD theses, and theses declaration forms.

Includes links to the MDes Thesis Canvas Site, MDes Thesis Handbook, MDes Thesis Cover Page, thesis submission guidelines and more.

This page includes information about the dissertation committee, timeline of the dissertation submission and defense, and form of the dissertation.

This document outlines the timeline, purpose and format of the DDes prospectus and general exam process.

This page shares information related to the general exam that accompanies the prospectus.

This page on the GSD website is updated with information that is relevant to DDes students which may include resources on prospectuses and dissertations.

This document includes specifics about writing a prospectus for the PhD program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning.

This page on the GSD website is updated with information that is relevant to PhD students which may include resources on prospectuses and dissertations.

PhD students can access research and writing help through the Fellowships & Writing Center at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The center offers writing workshops and individual consultations.

Along with offering writing help, the Fellowships & Writing Center also offers appointments to practice spoken presentations, including dissertation defenses.

Browse and download PhD dissertations from 2015 through the present in DASH.