All theses and dissertations from East Carolina University are deposited to The ScholarShip, ECU's institutional repository. With its mission to store and make accessible our content, The ScholarShip demonstrates ECU's commitment to our public stewardship of knowledge.
After the dissertations and theses are deposited to The ScholarShip, they will be deposited to ProQuest's Dissertations and Theses Global database. Your thesis/dissertation will be available to ProQuest subscribers on the same schedule you set for access in ECU's institutional repository. ProQuest's copies of the theses and dissertations are imported to the Turnitin database to prevent others from plagiarizing your work.