Dissertation & Doctoral Project Formatting & Clearance: Formatting Manual & Forms

The APA Publication Manual is primarily for submitting papers for journal publication, so it lacks guidelines specific to dissertations and doctoral projects.  To fill this gap, Alliant has created systemwide guidelines for you to follow. This document provides details on those guidelines.  You will need to refer to both manuals to format your dissertation correctly.

The 2020 Alliant manual incorporates elements of the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual. When the Alliant manual differs from APA, follow the Alliant manual. If the Alliant manual is silent on an issue, then follow APA. The formatting requirements in the Alliant manual supersede program-specific dissertation manuals, but program manuals’  other content is not affected.

 

To launch your library dissertation clearance form using Adobe Sign, you will click on the link below that corresponds to the number of committee members you have. 

In order to see all of the places you need to enter information, you will need to click to expand different sections of the form, as shown in the image below.

Near the bottom of this page, there is a link to a YouTube video showing a quick demonstration of how to use the Adobe Sign process.

NOTE: When entering the library signer information, if you attend the Fresno campus, use adan.ortega@alliant.edu. Otherwise, use szimmer@alliant.edu.

Library Dissertation Clearance – 1 Committee Member

Workflow:

• Student - signer
• Dissertation Chair - signer
• Committee Member1 - signer
• Program Director - signer
• Library - signer
• copy:  registrar@alliant.edu

Workflow instructions:
Please complete & enter information for ALL participants by scrolling down & expanding each participant (Dissertation Chair, Committee Member1, Program Director, Library Staff)
Dissertation Chair
Dissertation Committee Member #1
Program Director
Library Staff

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH A CLEARANCE FORM WITH ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Library Dissertation Clearance – 2 Committee Members
Workflow:

• Student - signer
• Dissertation Chair - signer
• Committee Member1 - signer
• Committee Member2 - signer
• Program Director - signer
• Library - signer
• copy:  registrar@alliant.edu

Please complete & enter information for ALL participants by scrolling down & expanding each participant (Dissertation Chair, Committee Member1, Committee Member2, Program Director, Library Staff)
Dissertation Chair

Dissertation Committee Member #1
Dissertation Committee Member #2
Program Director
Library Staff

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH A CLEARANCE FORM WITH TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Library Dissertation Clearance – 3 Committee Members
Workflow:

• Student - signer
• Dissertation Chair - signer
• Committee Member1 - signer
• Committee Member2 - signer
• Committee Member3 - signer
• Program Director - signer
• Library - signer
• copy:  registrar@alliant.edu 

Please complete & enter information for ALL participants by scrolling down & expanding each participant (Dissertation Chair, Committee Member1, Committee Member2, Committee Member3, Program Director, Library Staff)
Dissertation Chair

Dissertation Committee Member #1
Dissertation Committee Member #2
Dissertation Committee Member #3
Program Director
Library Staff

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH A CLEARANCE FORM WITH THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Library Dissertation Clearance – 4 Committee Members 
Workflow:

• Student - signer
• Dissertation Chair - signer
• Committee Member1 - signer
• Committee Member2 - signer
• Committee Member3 - signer
• Committee Member4 - signer
• Program Director - signer
• Library - signer
• copy:  registrar@alliant.edu 

Please complete & enter information for ALL participants by scrolling down & expanding each participant 
Dissertation Chair

Dissertation Committee Member #1
Dissertation Committee Member #2
Dissertation Committee Member #3
Dissertation Committee Member #4
Program Director
Library Staff

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH A CLEARANCE FORM WITH FOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 

 

In response to commonly asked questions, the library has provided the following Microsoft Word dissertation template for students to use if they find it helpful. DISCLAIMER: it is not official or required, nor is it fool-proof. All dissertations, regardless of whether they use the provided template or not, must follow the guidelines contained within the Formatting Manual. While library staff are not able to assist with using MS Word or the template, many helpful tutorials can be found at https://support.office.com/en-us/word