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Master's Thesis/Project Formatting Library Guidelines

Formatting rules for Thesis/Project Submissions

Thesis/Project Formatting for Graduate Students: Library Guide 

  1. Make sure you know your deadline (date of submission), is very important that you know this because it will help you keep on track on what steps you have to take next in order to submit.
  2. Once you have chosen your topic, done your research, and wrote the draft, submit the draft to committee for review.
  3. Please make sure you go over Graduate studies Website steps and complete your final report to schedule an appointment with the Library for a final formatting review.
  4. Complete final version of your paper:  Once you have defended and completed your paper, and you are ready to submit.  Please email Library Formatting Review Team libraryformat@cpp.edu or call Marilu at 909-869-3076 to make a final review appointment. In addition, in the email please state day and time you are available to meet. Attach your paper in word or PDF. Your paper must meet the formatting guide requirement or else we will declined your appointment until you have corrected your formatting. 
  5. Final reviews are done by zoom or in person, depending on your selection.
  6. There are two separate Adobe Sign's, one is for your committee and the second is for your library formatting reviewer. Make sure you submit to Adobe Sign for your committee first, then meet with your library reviewer for your final review. 
  7. REMEMBER this is your final paper it should be ready to submit on that day, please be sure to go over your PDF paper before you email it to your Reviewer.
  8. Complete Adobe Sign 
  9. Once you meet and pass your final library review format (Congrats!!) Please procced with step #10 of this list. 
  10. Please make sure that you are following the Graduate Studies checklist
  • Don't forget to submit your Thesis/Project through Bronco ScholarWorks 
  • NOTE*** please make sure when submitting to Bronco ScholarWorks you are using the PDF file that your Library reviewer approved, do not submit the same approved paper from Adobe Sign please. 

Congrats you are now finally done.

****Abstracts only, you will skip the library formatting reviews, make sure complete step #7 and #11 only from graduate studies checklist  ****

For further assistance, see the writing center, please call and make an appointment prior.

Writing Center

Writing assistance is available from the LRC University Writing Center

There are many options you can receive help from the writing center 

First option they recommend is to post your paper using LRC tutoring online on CANVAS

If you want to make an appointment:

 

GRC

The GRC also offers help with grammar please make sure you visit their website! In addition, now open! if you need assistance with your paper format, make an appointment with the GRC Thesis/Project Preliminary Format Review (cpp.edu)