Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center

The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Center is an open access platform of research conducted at 30 OhioLINK member institutions. The OhioLINK ETD Center is an in-house custom-built repository, designed to increase access and collaboration for researchers. The collection includes a multitude of research fields, ranging from science and technology to music and art. The ETD Center can be browsed by institution, department and author, as well as searched by subject, year, committee members and other categories. Students, faculty and staff across Ohio, and worldwide, benefit from access to Ohio’s original research in the ETD Center.

In 2015, the OhioLINK ETD Center integrated ORCID identifiers (iDs), through display and search capabilities. Some institutions now require current students to have an ORCID iD, which is free to create and provides a way to uniquely distinguish researchers. ORCID (orcid.org) integration allows for better sharing of information and also ensures credit is given to the proper author.

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ON AVERAGE

3,700+ ARE ADDEDEVERY YEAR

57,000+

of new ETDs since 2015 integration

225+ COUNTRIESvisited the ETD Center since 2001 launch

in 2015

6+ MILLION DOWNLOADS

21% WITH ORCID IDS

300+ DISCIPLINES

30+ MILLION DOWNLOADSsince 2001 launch

30 SCHOOLS

total electronic theses & dissertations available

ohiolink.edu/etd

Columbus• Capital Univ.• Columbus Coll. of Art & Design• Columbus State Com. Coll.• Franklin Univ.• Mount Carmel Coll. of Nursing• Ohio Dominican Univ.• The Ohio State Univ. (OSU)• & Book Depository• Otterbein Univ.• Ponti�cal Coll. Josephinum• State Library of Ohio• Trinity Lutheran Seminary

• Antioch Coll.• Antioch Univ.• Cedarville Univ.• Central State Univ.• Sinclair Com. Coll.• Univ. of Dayton• Wilberforce Univ.• Wright State Univ. (WSU)

Dayton

• Athenaeum of Ohio• Cincinnati Christian Univ.• Cincinnati State Tech. & Com. Coll.• Mount St. Joseph University• Univ. of Cincinnati (UC)• UC-Blue Ash Coll.• Xavier Univ.

Cincinnati

• Lourdes Univ.• Mercy Coll. of Ohio• Owens Com. Coll.• Univ. of Toledo

Toledo

• Baldwin Wallace Univ.• Case Western Reserve Univ.• Cleveland Clinic Library• Cleveland Institute of Art• Cleveland Institute of Music• Cleveland State Univ.• Cuyahoga Com. Coll.• John Carroll Univ.• Lake Erie Coll.• Notre Dame Coll.

Cleveland

De�ance Coll. Bowling Green State Univ. (BGSU)& Northwest Ohio Regional Depository

Terra State Com. Coll.

Heidelberg Univ.

Lorain County Com. Coll.

Oberlin Coll.

Univ. of Akron (UA)NEOMED& Northeastern Ohio Cooperative Regional Depository

Kent State Univ. (KSU)

Hiram Coll.KSU-Geauga

Ursuline Coll.

Saint Mary Seminary

Lakeland Com. Coll.Lake Erie Coll.

KSU -Ashtabula

KSU-Trumbull

Univ. of Mount Union

KSU-Salem

Youngstown State Univ.

Stark State Coll./KSU-Stark

Malone Univ.Walsh Univ.

Ashland Univ.

Coll. of Wooster

UA-Wayne

OSU-ATI/OARDCNorth Central State Coll./ OSU-Mans�eld

Ti�n Univ.

BGSU-Firelands

Univ. of Findlay

Blu�ton Univ.

Ohio Northern Univ.

WSU-Lake

Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

Central Ohio Tech Coll.

Muskingum Univ.

OU-Lancaster

OU-Chillicothe

UC-Clermont Coll.

Southern State Com. Coll.

Univ. of Rio Grande & Com. Coll.

Shawnee State Univ.

OU Southern

Ohio Christian Univ.

Hocking Coll. Marietta Coll.Washington State Com. Coll.

Ohio Univ. (OU)& Southeast Ohio Regional Depository

Zane State Coll./OU-Zanesville

OSU-NewarkDenison Univ.

Urbana Univ.

Clark State Com. Coll.

Wittenburg Univ.

Edison Com. Coll.

Miami Univ. (MU)

MU- Hamilton

MU-Middletown& Southwest Ohio Regional Depository

Wilmington Coll.

Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Univ. of Northwestern Ohio

Rhodes State Coll. / OSU-Lima

Marion Tech Coll. / OSU- Marion

KSU-Tuscarawas

Belmont Coll.OU-Eastern

Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville

Eastern GatewayCom. Coll.

Kenyon Coll.Mount Vernon Nazarene Univ.

Northwest State Com. Coll.

KSU-East Liverpool

Member Institutions

serving 100+

databases

125thousand

eBookstheses & dissertations

57thousand

articles

24million

library items

36+million

patrons

1/2+millon

member libraries

121

OhioLINK by the Numbers

OhioLINK is composed of 121 member libraries, distributed among 93 different Ohio colleges and universities. The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) includes the State Library of Ohio, 16 public university libraries, 52 independent college libraries, 23 two-year college libraries, 16 branch campus libraries, 8 law school libraries and 5 medical school libraries. OhioLINK delivers both a rich array of resources to the students, faculty and researchers of member institutions, plus substantial savings to the state of Ohio. Support from member institutions and the Department of Higher Education have created a collection of shared print and digital materials that rivals the research collections available at the top university libraries in the United States and internationally.

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