Have someone else proofread your thesis or dissertation prior to submitting it to the Library. It is easy to miss typos when you have been so heavily involved in a document, and automatic spell-checkers do not catch everything. Title page lists only previously earned degrees. Ph.D. abstracts are not longer than 350 words. All required parts of thesis have been included in the correct order.
Original signatures are on the approval page of all required copies.
Margins match specifications in Style Guide. Introductory pages are numbered in lower case Roman numerals at bottom center of pages. Beginning with the Introduction, all pages are numbered in Arabic numerals at upper right corner of each page with the exception of the first page of each chapter which is numbered at the bottom center of the page. Check pagination of entire document including appendices to verify that all pages are correctly numbered and in sequence. Appendix pagination continues from the body of the text.