Electronic Thesis Filing - Undergraduates

Now that you have your cover sheet filled out with your thesis / scholarly project information, you're ready to prepare your file for submission to the library. This will involve:

2A. Gathering the required signatures for your cover sheet
2B. Converting your files to PDF format
2C. Merging your files into a single PDF file

When you've completed this part of the process, you should have a single PDF file that includes both your completed and signed cover sheet and your thesis / scholarly project.

With your cover sheet completed, contact your committee members and request their signatures.

To request signatures, you may:

• Send your committee members a digital version (e.g., .docx, PDF) of your completed and approved cover sheet and have them sign it digitally;
• Provide a printed copy of your cover sheet to your committee member(s) and once they have signed it, scan the cover sheet and save it as a PDF file.

You should now have two documents: 1) Your completed cover sheet with signatures and 2) your thesis / scholarly project file.

Both will need to be converted to PDF, if they haven't been already. To view instructions on how to save your cover sheet and/or your thesis/scholarly project as as PDF files, please refer to this resource: https://researchguides.loyno.edu/pdf. Once you have your files saved as PDFs, please proceed to Step 2C to merge your files.

At this stage, you should have two documents saved as PDF files.

• Your thesis / scholarly project file
• Your cover sheet, with names, titles, and signatures. If you have not yet created your cover sheet, please return to the previous step.

Now, you'll need to merge them into a single PDF file. For instructions on how to do this, please see: https://www.wikihow.com/Merge-PDF-Files.

If you have any questions or need help preparing your PDF files, please send us a message.