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Graduate Students Guide

This guide is intended to help graduate students at MSVU make the most of the library.

MSVU Undergraduate Honours Thesis Deposit

An undergraduate honours thesis submission require two PDF documents: a final version of your thesis, and a signed Non-exclusive License, which grants permission to the Mount Library to display and preserve your thesis, while allowing you to retain copyright over your work. Please see below for more details on the submission process. 

Before Creating an Honours Thesis PDF for Deposit

  • Ensure you're working with the final corrected version of your thesis.
  • Ensure that you have cleared any copyrighted work within your thesis, including (but not limited to): graphs, charts, images, etc. For more information on copyright, see our Copyright Guide. If you are unsure of how copyright applies to your ability to use other authors' work in your thesis, please talk to your thesis advisor and/or contact the Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Lindsey MacCallum via archives@msvu.ca.
  • Ensure you're applying a style guide consistently; please see guides for APA, MLA, ACS, and Chicago. 
  • Ensure that you have not included any personal information of yourself or another person in the thesis or appendices. Personal information could include, but is not limited to: home phone numbers, personal email addresses, home mailing addresses, and signatures. This rule doesn't apply to name, business addresses, or business phone numbers and email addresses; you may leave business information in the documents. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact archives@msvu.ca.
  • Ensure that your title page, numbering, and appendices are properly formatted in a single PDF document. Also, you should ensure that copyright is noted on the bottom of your title page (e.g., Copyright 2024 Jane Doe or © John Doe 2024).

Create a PDF for Deposit

For undergraduate honours theses, convert your thesis from Word to PDF. The name of the PDF file should be your first name, last name, your degree, the word "Thesis", and the year, with no spaces in-between each word. Examples of the file naming convention include:

  • History: JaneDoeBAHISTThesis2017 (Bachelor of Arts in History)
  • English: JohnDoeBAENGThesis2018 (Bachelor of Arts in English)
  • French: JaneDoeBAFREThesis2017 (Bachelor of Arts in French)
  • Mathematics: JohnDoeBAMATHThesis2017 (Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics)
  • Mathematics: JohnDoeBSCMATHThesis2017 (Bachelor of Science in Mathematics)
  • Psychology: JaneDoeBSCPSYCThesis2019 (Bachelor of Science in Psychology)
  • Psychology: JaneDoeBAPSYCThesis2019 (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology)
  • Sociology/Anthropology: JohnDoeBASOANThesis2020 (Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Anthropology)
  • Women's Studies: JaneDoeBAWSThesis2019 (Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies)
  • Biology: JohnDoeBSCBIOThesis2020 (Bachelor of Science in Biology)
  • Chemistry: JaneDoeBSCCHEMThesis2017 (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry)

Thesis Deposit Checklist

  • Save your finalised thesis as a single PDF file and name your thesis according to the file naming conventions detailed above.
  • Complete the Thesis Non-Exclusive License Form (PDF). 
  • Email the finalised copy of your thesis (PDF) and the Thesis Non-Exclusive License Form (PDF) to archives@msvu.ca.

For further information, please call 902-457-6402 or email archives@msvu.ca. If you experience technical difficulties, please contact the IT&S Help Desk by phone at 902-457-6538 or by email at helpdesk@msvu.ca. 

MSVU e-Commons

Completed thesis submissions will be available on the MSVU e-Commons within 14 business days after submission.