University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan catalogs, microfilms, and stores the dissertation and sends catalog information to the Library of Congress for printing and distribution for depository catalogs and libraries. The abstract of the dissertation is printed in Microfilm Abstracts and distributed to leading libraries in the United States and elsewhere, and to a select list of journals and abstracting services. A copy of the dissertation will be archived in The University of Arizona Library, where it serves as the record of the student's research.

Publication by microfilm does not preclude publication by other means, and successful candidates are urged to submit dissertation material for publication in a scholarly or professional journals. Suitable acknowledgment must indicate the publication was a dissertation, or portion of a dissertation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Arizona.