THESIS SUPPORT
University Requirements
	San Francisco State University thesis requirements are defined in the Guidelines for Preparations of Theses...., available in paper copy from the Library's Rapid Copy Center. Style manuals mentioned in the university guidelines are not acceptable for theses in Biology; departmental requirements override. The Guidelines are currently under revision.
Outline
	The Thesis Outline indicates the pages required for theses, and provides a general outline with content of typical chapters. Neither the sequence of chapters nor content of chapters is required. The outline is offered as a source of suggestions for chapter content; the general sequence of information works well for many topics, but should not be determining if content dictates otherwise.
Permissions
	For required copyright permission--permission to use published materials--see Sources for Copyright-Related Information.
	Permission is required to do research with human or animal subjects, including human or animal products or body parts, except those explicitly exempted by the applicable policy. Even if the research is done off-campus, at another university or research institution, approval must be granted by the appropriate San Francisco State University committee: the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects or the University Animal Care and Use Committee. Permission should be secured before the research begins. If a thesis is submitted without the required permission, the Graduate Office may require that this approval be gained after the fact before the thesis is accepted.
Protections
	As indicated in the page on Sources for Copyright-Related Information, copyright belongs to authors, including thesis authors. The University reserves some rights in the case of theses, as indicated in the Guidelines for Preparations of Theses.....
	Unlike copyright, patent protection must be explicitly conveyed. For general information on patents, see the overview from the U.S. Patent Office. For patent searching, local sources include the Brooks Walker Patent and Trademark Center, located on the fifth floor of the San Francisco Public Library in the Civic Center. The Brooks Walker Patent and Trademark Center website offers links to a number of other sources, including the Intellectual Property Law Web Server. The most complete site for online patent searching is the International Property Network.
Illustrations, Graphs, Diagrams, Charts, Maps, Nonprint Data Presentation
	The following is a sample of books that may be useful in preparing tables, graphs, charts, drawings, and other non-text materials.
	Briscoe MH. 1996. Preparing scientific illustrations. 2d ed. New York:   Springer. 204 p. (Q 222 B75)     Hodges ERS, ed. 1989. The Guild handbook of scientific illustration.   New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. 575 p.   [Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.]   (Q 222 G85)     Miller RI, ed. 1994. Mapping the diversity of nature. London: Chapman   and Hall. 218 p. (QH 541.15 M64 M366)     Tufte ER. Envisioning information. Cheshire CT: Graphics Press. 126 p.   (P 93.5 T84)
	Many other books are available, and may be identified by a subject search of InvestiGator under such headings as:
	BIOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION PHOTOGRAPHY -SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS   DRAWING - SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION   MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATION
	Rules for incorporating World Wide Web or other electronic information into theses have not yet been developed by the Graduate Office. Exceptions to the published rules must be approved by the Graduate Office and in many cases also by the Library.
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