MARS Capstone Project Submission

MAIS encourages all students who complete a capstone project to submit their framing statement and any other deliverables to MARS (Mason Archival Repository Service).

Why submit to MARS?

1. Increased discoverability of your scholarship. Your work will be indexed by services such as Google Scholar. When your work is free and easy to find, it is more likely to be read and cited by other researchers.

2. Increased public engagement with your research. By sharing your work on open access platforms, you enable teachers, researchers, and innovators around the world to read and engage with your findings.

3. Increased stability of your digital content. Not only does MARS ensure that your work is not lost in a hard drive crash, MARS also helps you release your work in stable formats to improve long-term use. In addition, MARS assign your work a persistent URI, so you can link to your scholarship with confidence.

How to submit to MARS?

MARS accepts a wide variety of file formats: Text: PDF/A (.pdf), PDF (.pdf), XML (.xml), plain text (.txt); Images: JPEG, (.jpg), JPEG 2000 (.jp2), TIFF (.tiff), PNG (.png); Vector Graphics: SVG (.svg); Audio: FLAC (.flac), MP3 (.mp3), WAV (.wav); and Video: AVI (.avi), Motion JPEG 2000 (.mj2), MOV (.mov), MPEG-4 (.mp4).

You can submit your materials to MARS via their online submission form:  https://library.gmu.edu/mars_submission. Be sure to include the following fields and information:

Name
Email
Classification: Graduate Student
Affiliation: Humanities and Social Sciences
Department/Unit/Institute/Course: Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS)
Author First Name
Author Last Name
Title (of Project):
Date: Year of Submission
Identifier: None
Type of Submission: Non-Thesis/MA/MFA/MS/Doctoral Project
Degree Name: MAIS with a concentration in [insert your concentration name]
Language: English
Keywords
Abstract (use your project abstract)
Description: MAIS Capstone Project
License: (We recommend choosing an Attribution-Non Commercial license. For more information, see https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/thesis/cclicense.)