Submitting your thesis/dissertation to
SUNScholar
What is SUNScholar?
• Central digital archive
• Long-term preservation
• Open access
Any user can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for
indexing
Always acknowledge/cite author
Where will my thesis/dissertation end up?
http://scholar.sun.ac.za
Help make your research visible …
• Personal web page
• Social media e.g. LinkedIn
• Curriculum Vitae
• Share with network and other experts
• Research profile on Google Scholar
• SU research reports
• Etc.
Thesis on SUNScholar
Title search in Google Scholar
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Researcher profile on Google Scholar
Alerts: new articles submitted & when
cited
Thesis on SUNScholar – citations will be recorded here
Links to other authors covering these topics
Option to export citation. SUNScholar only the vehicle,
but Google Scholar the search engine.
Links to full text in SUNScholar
Number of downloads
SU policy re theses/dissertations
• Submission is mandatory
• Submit final copy (following examination & corrections) by 27 November 2014
• No printed copies required
• Restricted access • Motivation to faculty secretary for submission to Senate
• Intellectual property (incl. copyright) • Copyright belongs to SU
• Plagiarism • Turnitin – Viper - PlagTracker
• Language editing • Language Centre
Finalise your thesis/dissertation http://library.sun.ac.za >> How do I >> Submit …
Document layout
• Title page with crest (see templates on web)
• Declaration (see web)
• English - Abstract (max. 500 words)
• Afrikaans - Opsomming (max. 500 words)
• Acknowledgements – Sponsors
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Content (e.g. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.)
• Reference List (Referencing Techniques or RefWorks)
• Addenda (e.g. Addendum A, Addendum B, etc.)
SU Crest
December 2014
No signature
Copyright © 2014 Stellenbosch University All rights reserved
Look & feel
• Font: Arial or Times New Roman
• Font size: 10pt or 11pt or 12pt
• Font colour: Black
• Line spacing: Double, Single or 1.5
• Borders: 2cm width open around all text areas
• Paper Size: A4
Technical
• Software: MSWord/LibreOffice/OpenOffice/LaTeX
• MSWord: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/training-courses-for-word-2013-HA104030981.aspx
• Submit in pdf format
• File name: surname_firstwordoftitle_2014.pdf
• Ready to submit!
Workflow
Dept. nominates student
Student receives e-mail
Student submits
Dept. receives e-mail & Approves
Step 1: Nomination by department
Step 2: Submission http://etd.sun.ac.za/submissions
SU Campus Username
SU Campus Password
Sign In
Click: Click here to start a new submission
Select the collection containing the name of your supervisor/promoter & your own
name
Click: Next
Complete
Complete
Click: Next
Upload document in pdf
Use correct file naming
Review Submission
Select: I Grant the License
Click: Complete submission
Confirmation mailed to your SU e-mail account
Step 3: Dept. approves submission
Intranet Internet (SUNScholar)
Notify all …
Following graduation …
ETD Loader: http://etd.sun.ac.za/ldap-login SUNScholar: http://scholar.sun.ac.za Portal (nomination): Helene Nieuwoudt, E-mail: [email protected], tel.: 021 808 4577 Printing: African SUNMeDIA http://www.africansunmedia.co.za/ Graduation: MyMaties http://www.mymaties.com/portal/page/portal/STUDENT_PAGE_GROUP/MYMATIES_HOME/Graduation IT Help: E-mail: [email protected] , tel.: +27 21 808 4367 Copyright: Innovus http://www.innovus.co.za/pages/english/home.php Plagiarism detection software: Turnitin | Viper | PlagTracker http://www0.sun.ac.za/webstudies/Lect_turnitin.html Statistical help: Centre for Statistical Consultation http://academic.sun.ac.za/statis_consult/index_files/Page438.htm Language Editing: Language Centre http://www0.sun.ac.za/languagecentre/
Useful links
Innovus: http://www.innovus.co.za/pages/english/home.php Help page: http://library.sun.ac.za/English/howdoi/Pages/Submit-my-thesis-online.aspx SUNScholar help: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar
Useful links