The University Libraries makes all University of Arkansas theses and dissertations publicly available in the digital repository ScholarWorks@UARK. When you submit your thesis or dissertation to ProQuest (as required by the Graduate School for most programs), you will have the opportunity to choose an embargo and its length. If you choose an embargo when you submit to ProQuest, the Libraries will apply this same embargo. Until the embargo expires, the repository record will display only the metadata (e.g., your name, the title, the abstract).

Should you put an embargo on your thesis or dissertation?

Theses and dissertations may be embargoed to allow the authors to file patent applications, establish definitive zoological nomenclature, protect proprietary research results, redact sensitive material, or publish creative works.  Check with your mentor if you are unsure as to whether to apply an embargo.

What happens when your embargo expires?

When your embargo expires, your thesis or dissertation will automatically become available in both ProQuest and ScholarWorks@UARK.

If you want to extend your embargo in both locations, please contact ProQuest (disspub@proquest.com) as well as the Institutional Repository Coordinator at uarepos@uark.edu

For Dissertations, Honors Theses, and Capstones

To request a new embargo, or to extend an embargo on ScholarWorks@UARK only, please fill out the form below.

To remove an item from ScholarWorks@UARK only, please fill out the form below. When an item is removed from ScholarWorks@UARK, the metadata (i.e., title, author, date, abstract) remains visible and searchable on ScholarWorks@UARK, along with a statement that the full- text content has been removed.

If you have a circumstance which requires a removal of the metadata as well, please also fill out the form below.  Approval will be required by the Graduate School or the Honors College for work that was required for degree completion.

All other work

You may request removal of the work only or the work and metadata using the form below.