Copyright for Dissertations

Rackham’s Dissertation Handbook, doctoral deadlines, and other resources for preparing the dissertation. The Dissertation Handbook answers many questions about submitting your dissertation to Rackham Graduate School.

This FAQ from the Rackham Graduate School explains how to submit a dissertation. It includes information about submitting dissertations to ProQuest.

This short PDF guide from ProQuest contains excerpts from Kenneth Crews's "Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis." It also includes a sample permission letter.

This PDF guide was prepared by Kenneth Crews with the support of ProQuest. It is "principally intended to help readers learn and understand the copyright issues relevant to doctoral dissertations."

This guide provides information about users' rights under copyright law. It is a printable PDF version of the Rights of Users page of our Copyright Basics guide.

This guide provides answers to common questions about copyright and course websites. It is a printable PDF version of our Copyright and Course Websites guide.

This guide provides information about copyright and using video. It is a printable PDF version of our Copyright and Using Video guide.

This guide provides provides answers to common copyright questions for authors of dissertations at the University of Michigan. It is a printable version of our Copyright for Dissertations guide. It is a PDF.