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What is TDX (Theses and Dissertations Online)
TDX (Theses and Dissertations Online) is a digital cooperative repository of doctoral theses presented at some Spanish universities. It allows for remote consultation of the full text of theses over the Internet, additionally allowing the user to construct searches by author, advisor, title, knowledge area, university and department of publication, year of defense, etc.
Theses are included in the database with the author's prior consent and as they are presented at the participating universities. Plans also include the recovery of theses read in recent years to add them to TDX.
The objectives of TDX are:
TDX came into being as a result of the Digital University in Catalonia 1999-2003 agreement, signed on 8 September 1999 by the then representatives of the Department of the Universities, Research and the Information Society of the Generalitat, the University of Barcelona (UB), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the University of Girona (UdG), the University of Lleida (UdL), Rovira i Virgili University (URV), the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), the Catalan Research Foundation (FCR), CESCA and CBUC. Jaume I University (UJI), the Balearic Islands University (UIB), the Valencia University (UV), the Ramon Llull University, the Cantabria University, the Murcia University, the Coruña University, the Oviedo University, the Vic University,the Abat Oliba University, the International University of Catalonia subsequently joined the network in July 2002, December 2002, April 2003, October 2004, March 2005, July 2005, April 2006, June 2006, May 2007, December 2007 and January 2008.
TDX forms part of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and uses the interoperability protocol created by Open Archives Initiative (OAI) which allows to increase the visibility of the theses on offering oneself together with other international repositories of theses, like OAIster. From May 2007, TDR incorporates the opion of performing global searches in other Spanish repositories of theses, by using also the OAI protocol.
How to publish a thesis with TDX
Anyone presenting a doctoral thesis at UPF can make use of this facility. If you are interested in doing so, just follow these steps:
1. When you submit your doctoral thesis to the Programming and Academic Management Service, along with the printed copies you must:
- Submit the files containing the full text of the doctoral thesis on CD-ROM or diskette. The admitted formats are PDF, Word, LaTex, etc.
- On the same CD-ROM or diskettes, include a Word file with:
· A summary of the thesis in Catalan and/or Spanish, and in English (maximum length of 150 words per summary).
· A list of key words on the contents of the thesis in Catalan and/or Spanish, and in English (maximum length of 200 characters in total).
- Provide your personal particulars so that the Library can contact you once your thesis has been entered in TDX.
2. The day you defend the thesis, you must sign an agreement with UPF authorising the University to publish your thesis with TDX.
Once the thesis has been approved, the Library proceeds to publish it in PDF format and to enter it in TDX.
Copyright is protected under the publishing agreement between UPF and the author, through which the author reserves the right to publish the thesis with other publishers and/or in other media. You can consult the summary of the agreement too.
In addition, the Library obtains an ISBN number and legal registration (DL) for each thesis before entering it in TDX, ensuring the ownership of intellectual property.
The integrity of the text is guaranteed by the security options offered by the storage format used, i.e. PDF.
Also, it should be noted that when anyone attempts to consult the full text of a thesis, they receive a message stating the conditions for use of the document under the provisions of Article 31 of the Intellectual Property Law.
You can choose to publish your theses under a Creative Commons license, if you prefer.
If you are interested in publishing your doctoral theses at TDX or if you need more information, please contact to: tdx@upf.edu (Library)