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Graduate Thesis Regulation

9 Microfilming

9.1 Publication in Microform

Permission forms for "Theses Non-Exclusive License" for microfilming both the master's and doctoral thesis at the Library and Archives Canada's Canadian Theses Service must be completed by the author. This form must be completed and submitted to the Graduate Studies Office once the thesis has been approved. This form is available in the Graduate Studies Office or at the following website: http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/students/current/forms.asp

The abstract should be a concise and accurate summary of your work. Abstracts should not exceed 350 words for a doctoral dissertation, 150 words for a masters' thesis. Texts exceeding these limits will be shortened. Include all pertinent place names and other proper nouns. These are very useful in automated information retrieval (Library and Archives Canada).

Previously copyrighted materials (journal articles, maps, published tests, etc.) will not be microfilmed unless written authorization from the copyright holder is provided.

9.2 Library and Archives Canada

The author's full name and the thesis title should be identical on the title page of the thesis and on the "Theses Non-Exclusive License" (form NL/BN 59/02). This form is available in the Graduate Studies Office, or electronically. It must carry the author's original signature and must not have been altered. An authorization to reproduce copyright material beyond brief excerpts must be obtained from the copyright owner and submitted with the thesis. If part of your thesis was written in conjunction with another author(s), you must include a statement from the co-author(s) permitting the microfilming of your thesis. This ensures that the work of all persons who have contributed to the thesis is duly recognized. Such permission letters should not only allow inclusion of the material in the thesis but should specify the use made of the thesis by the Library and Archives Canada as worded in the " Theses Non-Exclusive License" (form NL/BN 59/02). All theses filmed are listed in various Library and Archives Canada's bibliographical product, international bibliographies and databases. Please refer to the What is Theses Canada? publication available in the Graduate Studies Office for further information on the Canadian Theses Service.

9.3 Microfilming Information

Rejection of a thesis by the Library and Archives Canada does not mean that the thesis is not acceptable to the University in fulfilment of degree requirements. It merely indicates that the thesis cannot be successfully microfilmed and will consequently not appear in the bibliography of the Library and Archives Canada or ProQuest Information Learning products.

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