f the item says Proquest Dissertation Publishing, we don't add manually. UMBC ones will automatically be sent to UMBC by Proquest and batch loaded. Other institutions are out of scope.

If the item is a CV cross it's out of scope. We don’t want to add these to ScholarWorks@UMBC.

If the item is an obituary, it's out of scope. We don’t want to add obituaries to ScholarWorks unless the subject is affiliated with UMBC.

If the item is a patent application, it's out of scope. We don’t add these to ScholarWorks@UMBC.

If the item is just description of grant funded project, it's out of scope. We don’t add thse to ScholarWorks@UMBC>

Check that at least one author is affiliated with UMBC. Sometimes the UMBC is hitting on it appearing somewhere else in the work and there are no authors affiliated with UMBC. Often, the authors’ affiliation is included on the item. If not, use the UMBC directory, here, http://www.umbc.edu/search/directory// to determine. If there is no UMBC author, and the subject is not UMBC, a UMBC department, or person, it's out of scope.