Finding theses and dissertations

Find local, national and international theses and dissertations.

Theses from other universities

The Library holds some theses from other universities, and provides access to hundreds of thousands of others online. There are many national and international websites and databases with lists of theses, some with full-text that you can download.

For English language theses, begin with these collections:

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (North America and Britain)
• Trove (Australia and New Zealand)
• EThOS (Britain)

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Theses databases and websites

North America

• Key resource: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  Coverage is comprehensive for North American universities and there are also theses from many other countries. Over 2,000,000 references, with about 1,000,000 available to download.

Further resources:

• EDTs@VT
  Full-text electronic dissertations and theses (EDT) from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  NDLTD includes a search engine for electronic theses and dissertations.
• Theses Canada

Australia, New Zealand, Pacific

• Key resource: Trove
  Over 250,000 theses produced at Australian universities, and also many from New Zealand.

Further resources:

• NZresearch.org
  A gateway to open-access research documents, such as theses, produced at universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions in New Zealand.
• Te Puna: the New Zealand national union catalogue
  Combined catalogue of New Zealand libraries.
• Informit
  The Informit database collection includes citations to theses in Australian heritage, criminology, education, environment, sport.

Britain and Europe

• Key resource: EThOS
  The British Library's Electronic Theses Online Service. Search across 250,000 theses and order full text.

Further resources:

• DART-Europe E-Theses Portal
  Access to 220,000 full-text research theses from European universities.
• Tesis Doctorales (TESEO)
  Abstracts of theses from Spanish universities.
• TDX - Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa
  Doctoral theses presented at some Spanish universities.
• Thèses
  Citations and some full-text French theses.
• DiVA Portal
  Theses from Scandinavian universities.
• Dissertation CIS
  English language citations for Russian theses.

Asia

• China Doctoral Dissertations Full-Text Database
  Doctoral dissertations from Chinese universities, with full-text access to literature, history, philosophy, politics, military affairs, law, education, and social sciences since 1999.
• China Masters Theses Full-Text Database
  Masters theses from Chinese universities, with full-text access to literature, history, philosophy, politics, military affairs, law, education, and social sciences since 2000.
• National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
• IndCat
  Union catalogue of Indian universities.
• NUS Theses Collection
  National University of Singapore and it predecessors from 1947 to the present.

International

• EBSCO Open Dissertations
  Over 800,000 theses and dissertations from universities around the world. Some content back to the early 20th century.
• Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
  Open-access theses and dissertations freely available from over 800 institutions worldwide.
• Theological Research Exchange Network
  References to theological theses and dissertations.

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Theses in progress

There is no single comprehensive listing for all theses in progress. However there are a number of websites and publications which list current research, and many university departments list theses in progress.

Use Google Scholar to search for the phrases "PhD in progress" or "thesis in progress".

These are some websites with theses in progress:

• American Historical Association Directory of History Dissertations
  Dissertations in progress at History departments in Canada and the US.
• DDM Doctoral Dissertations In Musicology-Online

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