BOWDOIN COLLEGE DIGITAL HONORS
Thesis Access and Embargo Form
Honors Student:
Department(s)/Program(s):
This form must be signed by both the student and the student’s advisor(s) and submitted to the
Library before uploading the thesis into Bowdoin Digital Commons.
The form has three parts:
I.
Level of Access: The advisor(s) and student must discuss fair use and select the
appropriate level of access.
II.
Embargo: The advisor(s) and student must decide if a period of embargo should be
assigned to the thesis. If an embargo is needed, the advisor(s) and student designate the
period of time after which the thesis will become accessible.
III.
Affirmation: The student must affirm that the work on the Honors thesis is his or
her own.
See attached sheet, Thesis Access and Embargo Guidelines, for information about
level of access and embargoes.
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Part I Level of Access
Please check the appropriate level of access:
[ ] Open Access—I (student/author) grant permission to Bowdoin College to make this thesis available to the
general public for scholarly and research use through Bowdoin Digital Commons. I have discussed fair use with
my advisor(s) and hereby verify that the final version of the thesis complies with fair use.
[ ] Temporary Restricted Access— I (student/author) grant permission to Bowdoin College to make this thesis
available to the general public for scholarly and research use through Bowdoin Digital Commons after
[ ] 1, [ ] 3, [ ] 5 years. Until this period of time has passed, access to the thesis through Bowdoin Digital Commons
is granted only to the on-campus Bowdoin community. I have discussed fair use with my advisor(s) and hereby
verify that the final version of the thesis complies with fair use.
[ ] Restricted Access—I (student/author) grant access to the thesis through Bowdoin Digital Commons only to the
on-campus Bowdoin community.
Part II Embargo
Theses under embargo will not be available to anyone until after the embargo period. The abstract
will be accessible to the public, unless otherwise specified below.
Please check the appropriate designation regarding embargo:
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[ ] No Embargo Required
Embargo Required:
[ ] one year
[ ] three years
[ ] five years
Embargo Required for abstract as well [ ]
Part III Affirmation
I, ______________________________________________, (student’s name) affirm:
• That this work is my original creation and that I have full authority to make this
agreement;
• That, if my thesis includes materials copyrighted by another party and used by me in
excess of the fair use provision of the United States copyright code, I have restricted access to the
final version of my thesis to the Bowdoin educational community only OR I have obtained permission
from the copyright holder to include their material in the digital version of my thesis.
• I grant Bowdoin College the non-exclusive right to make my thesis part of Bowdoin Digital
Commons and to make it available for research and scholarly purposes.
[ ] Check the box and sign below to agree to the above terms.
Signed: ______________________________________________, student
Date: ______________________________
Signed: ______________________________________________, advisor
Date: ______________________________
Signed: ______________________________________________, second advisor, if any
Date: ______________________________
11-11-2014
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