ORCID @ W&M

ORCID iDs aren't just for faculty or researchers, either. ORCID profiles support a wide variety of output, from poster projects to student papers to video exhibits, and they're a great place to get started documenting your work.

Students planning to submit a thesis or dissertation will have the option to create an ORCID account as part of the submission process. Graduate students and those who anticipate pursuing publication in their future careers should consider getting an ORCID now and using it often. Sign up now!

Once you have an ORCID iD, remember to use it! Add your ORCID iD to email signatures, online profiles, manuscript submissions, peer reviews, grant applications, and more. If a journal or conference you are submitting to does not have a way to include an ORCID iD with your information, consider contacting the editors or organizers and requesting that they make it an option. Check out the Using ORCID page for more info on how to update and use your ORCID account.

You can include your ORCID iD when you submit your Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD) to Proquest.

1. On the Contact Information page of the submission form, there is an optional space to include an ORCID iD. If you already have an iD you can just type or paste the number into the box (you don't need to type the dashes!).
2. Click the "Look Up" button and select your name from the list. If you don't see a match for your name, make sure you entered the correct iD
   
   
    
3. If you do not have an ORCID iD, click the "Create" button to go to ORCID's registration page where you can quickly create an account. Go back to the Proquest form, enter your new iD, and click the "Look Up" button to select your name.
4. After selecting your name from the look up list, you should see your name highlighted in red underneath your contact information (see image of form above).

Once you've done this your ORCID iD will be associated with your ETD in Proquest and in W&M ScholarWorks, our Institutional Repository.

You can manually add works to your ORCID profile. You may want to do this for presentations or other content that is not listed in databases such as Crossref. Here's how to do it for your ETD.

To add a work click the Add works button then click the Add manually button.

Choose "Publication" as the Work Category and "Dissertation/Thesis" as the Work Type. Then add the title and any other information you want to.