Why should I publish with ProQuest/UMI?
ProQuest/UMI has been publishing scholarly work for nearly 70 years. Its primary purpose is to archive graduate research and provide greater accessibility to it. Even if you make your thesis or dissertation available at the J. R. Van Pelt Library, patrons would need to search the catalog at Michigan Tech to find it. Every work published with ProQuest/UMI is accessible through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database, so this is a primary source for scholars to find graduate research. In addition, their archival services provide an off-site source for your work in the event that your work is lost from the J. R. Van Pelt Library. Publication with ProQuest/UMI is required for PhD candidates and optional for Master’s candidates.