Submit Your Research
Read the instructions below to submit your research electronically.
For further information about the kinds of publications that you may self-deposit see the ThinkIR Collection Policy. A confirmation message will be sent to your official UofL email account once your deposit has been accepted into ThinkIR. However, your deposit will not become publicly accessible on the ThinkIR site until ThinkIR staff have reviewed the submission and added any necessary metadata.
All graduate theses and dissertations must be reviewed and approved by the Graduate School and then accepted by University Libraries before being made available in ThinkIR. Typically, this process will be completed 2-3 months after graduation or the degree conferral date, assuming all proper paperwork has been received, coursework and internships completed, etc. If it has been longer than this timeframe, you can inquire about the status of your thesis/dissertation by contacting graduate@louisville.edu.
ThinkIR accepts all file formats. However, University Libraries highly recommends the use of the following specific file types in order to increase the likelihood of safely migrating files into future technologies resulting in their enduring availability through time. Word and RTF files are converted to PDF when they are imported into the repository. For recommended formats for supplementary materials, see the Recommended Format Statement of the Library of Congress.
Submission Process.
Please make sure you have the following items available before starting your deposit:
- The title of your scholarship
- The abstract (up to 250 words)
- A list of keywords that best represent the content of the submission (6 maximum)
- The electronic version of your file, or hyperlink to your file, if any
Next,
- Accept the appropriate Nonexclusive License by re-reading it and checking the “I agree” box confirming that you have read and understood the license agreement.
- Provide information about yourself and any and all co-authors as requested in the instructions. For materials by multiple authors:
- Please be aware that any co-authors of the scholarship will most likely jointly own copyright in the scholarship with you and other co-authors.
- You should notify all co-authors about your intent to make a deposit prior to depositing a multi-author work in the institutional repository. U.S. government employees cannot hold copyright in works produced in the course of their employment.
- You will confirm in the deposit and license agreement that you made all necessary legal arrangements with any and all co-authors before making the deposit and identify whether any of the co-authors hold U.S. government employment and produced the scholarship as part of their government duties (U.S. government employees cannot hold copyright in works produced in the course of their employment.).
- Upload your electronic file and associated files as directed.
- Cardinal Compositions
- College of Arts & Sciences
- College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses
- College of Education & Human Development
- College of Education & Human Development Capstone Projects
- Commonwealth Policy Papers
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations
- Faculty and Staff Scholarship
- J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- Master of Engineering Theses
- Journal of Student Financial Aid
- Journal of Wellness
- School of Nursing
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Papers
- Sustain Magazine
- The Cardinal Edge
- The University of Louisville Journal of Respiratory Infections
- Undergraduate Research
- Undergraduate Research Events
