Question: How should a compilation thesis or dissertation be structured?

The WVU Libraries have no official policy on the structure of a compilation thesis or dissertation as this is not part of the ETD requirements for the Research Repository, however, it is recommended that students begin the thesis with an introduction, followed by each of the articles without reformatting, and ending with a summary.  If a student plans to include a published article that cannot be shared according to the publisher’s policies, the student will have to use a previous version (the accepted manuscript or preprint version) of the article in their ETD submission. 

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