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  Special Cases               

 Theses for Fine Arts Library             Library             

 Theses  Theses for Hotel Library             Library              Honors

 Honors Theses for Hotel Library             Library             

 Theses  Theses for Law Library           Library           

 Theses  Theses for Music Library               Library               

 Project   Project Reports (Engineering Library)             

 Senior  Senior Seminar Papers (Veterinary Library)

  Explanatory notes             

   Dual Degrees            Degrees            

  Thesis/Dissertation Submission Process           Process           

  Patron   Patron Access to Theses Prior to Cataloging/Binding

Distribution of Theses by Field of Study (arranged by field of study, A-L)

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Single copies only are received for Seminar Papers for Veterinary Library, and Project Reports for Engineering Library, as well as for Bachelor of Architecture theses for the Fine Arts Library. They are received in bound form, on an irregular basis, and are ready for processing as circulating copies.

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Any Fine Arts thesis for which only one copy is received should be processed as a non-circuating item for the Fine Arts Library.

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Monographs written for Master of Management in Hospitality degree will have only one copy, and it will be cataloged as any other treatise for the Hotel Library. A thesis note (502) will be replaced by a general note (500).

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852 8 0 |b hote |h TX911.2 H66 [yr.] [author cutter]

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Flyer appropriately and annotate the flyer with the holdings record number. Send to Law Library where the processing of the circulating copies is completed.

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852 8 0 |b mann |h H36.2 2013 |i .J34 |z Project Report (M.P.S.(International Development)) |z Shelved with the Mann Library Theses Collection.

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rmc,anx |h Thesis 1998 L363 pt.1 mus|h Thesis ML30 1998 L363 pt.1 |m Folio   

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|b engr |h Project T57.12 1998 C673  

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   Dual Degrees Occasionally, a student may receive two degrees using the same thesis for both. In this case, the record is created according to the general guidelines above with the exception of the 502 field, which should include both degree abbreviations. In this case 2 copies of thesis are received as usual, one for the circulating location and one for rmc, anx. Choose the call number by using the first degree listed in the book. For example, if the first degree listed is for a Master in Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) and the second is a Master in Regional Planning (M.R.P.), assign the call number according to Landscape Architecture in the Thesis Distribution List under "City and Regional Planning." Landscape Architecture uses SB468 for call number and City and Regional Planning uses NA9001. Since the Landscape Architecture degree is listed first, use SB468 for the call number. Dissertation note: 502::Thesis (M.L.A. and M.R.P.) Cornell University, Jan., 1999.

    

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   Thesis/Dissertation Submission Process  

   Cornell degrees are conferred three times a year: January, May, and August.  Most students submit theses electronically to the Graduate school, and upon conferral of the students’ degrees, the Graduate school posts the “Advanced Degrees Conferred” list online, showing the students’ names, thesis titles, and fields of study.  The Graduate School also sends electronic versions of non-embargoed theses to Proquest, and to two separate recipients of the Library: staff of the LTS Batch-Processing unit, and of the Library Print Center.  The Batch-Processing staff submit the theses to e-Commons, and link them to newly-created MARC records in the Library catalog.   At the same time, the Print Center makes 2 hard copies of each thesis (one circulating, one archival), which are sent to the bindery.  Upon their return (usually within 2-4 weeks), the hard copies are processed by LTS staff for the collection.  Some of the bound Masters theses go to their respective schools before coming back to LTS, including Masters of Architecture, Masters of Science in Architecture, Master of Landscape Planning, and Masters of Regional Planning.  Since the electronic copies precede the paper copies in the database in most cases (both for Masters and Doctoral theses), new MFHDs are added to the existing Electronic Resource records.  In a few cases, however, paper copies will be the only ones available to patrons.     

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   Patron Access to Theses Prior to Cataloging/Binding When the LTS thesis liaison is contacted by a patron or notified by Reference Dept. staff that a patron wishes to see a thesis before it has been processed, ask for patron's contact information (name, phone/e-mail) so that you can provide information on the availability of the thesis. Check the latest list of Advanced Degrees Conferred for the author. If the author does not appear on the list, the degree has not yet been conferred, though the thesis may have been submitted to a college department. If the author appears on the list, and we have theses awaiting processing, RUSH process if it is bound. If the thesis cannot be processed, or still unbound at the Bindery, inform the patron and/or Reference staff of the situation and the process of viewing an unbound thesis.  If both un-bound copies are available, select the circulating copy for viewing.  Carry the unprocessed thesis to the security desk of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division in 2B Krock Library, where the patron can view it in the secure reading room.  When the patron no longer needs the thesis, RMC staff will notify LTS liasion to retrieve the thesis for processing.

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