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This approach extends the work started in 2014, when EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation created American Doctoral Dissertations which contained indexing from the H.W. Wilson print publication, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. In 2015, the H.W. Wilson Foundation agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.
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Cornell theses.
Check Cornell’s library catalog , which lists the dissertations available in our library collection.
The print thesis collection in Uris Library is currently shelved on Level 3B before the Q to QA regular-sized volumes. Check with the library staff for the thesis shelving locations in other libraries (Mann, Catherwood, Fine Arts, etc.).
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Proquest dissertations and theses.
According to ProQuest, coverage begins with 1637. With more than 2.4 million entries, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global is the starting point for finding citations to doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI also offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. The full text of more than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download. Use Interlibrary Loan for the titles not available as full text online.
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To search for titles and verify holdings of dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), use the CRL catalog . CRL seeks to provide comprehensive access to doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the U. S. and Canada (currently more than 750,000 titles). One hundred European universities maintain exchange or deposit agreements with CRL. Russian dissertation abstracts in the social sciences are obtained on microfiche from INION. More detailed information about CRL’s dissertation holdings .
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For Harvard theses, dissertations, and prize winning essays, see our How can I find a Harvard thesis or dissertation ? FAQ entry.
Beyond Harvard, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses G lobal database (this link requires HarvardKey login) i s a good place to start:
- lists dissertations and theses from most North American graduate schools (including Harvard) and many from universities in Great Britain and Ireland, 1716-present
- You can get full text from Proquest Dissertations and Theses through your own institutional library or you can often purchase directly from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Express.
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Databases beyond ProQuest Dissertations & Theses:
Some out of copyright works (pre-1924) are available via large digital libraries. Search online for the title.
Networked Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations ' Global Search scans participating international libraries
The Center for Research Libraries ' Dissertations database includes many non-US theses.
WorldCat describes many masters' & PhD theses. Use "Advanced Search" and limit to subtype "thesis/dissertation." No full text; it just tells you what libraries have reported having copies.
There are several excellent guides out there with international search recommendations like University College London's Institute of Education Theses and Dissertations LibGuide .
Institutions:
At the institution where the work originated or the national library of the country (if outside the US):
Online institutional repositories (like Harvard's DASH ): If the work was produced after the school's repository was established, it may well be found here in full text.
Libraries: Check the library catalog. There's often a reproductions service ($) for material that hasn't been digitized, but each school has its own policies. Most schools have some kind of "ask a librarian" service where you can ask what to do next.
At your own institution (where applicable) or public library: While many institutions will not lend theses and dissertations or send copies through Interlibrary loan, your Interlibrary Loan department may be able to help you acquire or pay for reproductions.
- Current Harvard faculty, staff and students: Once you identify a reproduction source you can place a request with Harvard Library ILL (in the notes field, ask for help with funding).
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Study resource: Finding theses
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Theses submitted for doctoral degrees are an important source of original research, as well as research in progress. Postgraduate researchers at Nottingham, and at other UK and international universities, produce cutting-edge research every year, across all subject areas.
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Dissertations and theses reflect the quality and breadth of original graduate research at universities, and are often the first form in which scholarly insights and the results of focused experiments appear. They reveal trends of interest, the rigor of particular departments and institutions, and the creativity of researchers whose influence is still unknown. Access to dissertations depends on a complex, decentralized economy of innumerable currencies. Some universities provide copies free of charge, some will only lend a circulating copy. Some make copies for free, some for a fee, and others only if the requestor can supply written permission from the author (no easy task). Some provide open access, (some requiring an electronic use agreement and some not), some through ILL or document delivery, and some through digital services. Some universities participate in national programs providing digitization services (with exceptions) and some seem to have no point of contact at all (unless an email found through a web search can be considered reliable). The challenge CRL faces in gaining access goes beyond understanding which currency to use where; CRL aims to create a simple, seamless exchange between author and potential reader with a minimum of delay in the process.
CRL holds more than 800,000 doctoral dissertations and Habilitationsschriften from universities outside of the U.S. and Canada. The collection was built by deposits from member libraries and exchange or depository arrangements with almost 100 universities.
Current acquisitions and services focus on purchasing dissertations through CRL’s purchase programs , acquisitions through deposit or exchange agreements and providing members with information about open-access dissertations.
Brief description:
- Most were written in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, but dates range from 1800 to the present.
- Most are from countries in Western Europe, such as Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Many are from other countries in Europe and Latin America, South America, and Africa.
- More than 80 languages are represented in the collection. The breakdown of languages is: 66 percent German; 16 percent French; 6 percent English; 2 percent Dutch; 1 percent Latin and Swedish; and less than 1 percent for other languages.
- Contains about 120 dissertations by nobel laureates and numerous other notable scholars. All of the nobel laureates dissertations are digitized and a sizable portion of the notable scholars dissertations are digitized as well.
Finding dissertations in the CRL collection: All dissertations can be most easily searched in the dissertation scope of the CRL catalog, which has drop-down searches for country and university. This Google Map shows location for dissertations owned by CRL and includes catalog links for the dissertations.
Digitized or electronic dissertations: CRL’s digitization-on-demand service has digitized over 3,000 dissertations from CRL’s collection. The number of dissertations digitized from the collection continues to grow and can be searched via CRL’s catalog digital resources scope .
Increasingly, universities are providing electronic access to their current or recent dissertations through their institutional repositories and other open access archives. Most universities have links from their library pages to their institutional or regional repository. Other sources for finding electronic dissertation repositories are listed below:
Australiasian Digital Theses Program (ADT)
DART-Europe : Partnership of 229 research libraries and library consortia working together to improve global access to European research theses. Search the DART-Europe portal for dissertations.
DiVA (Academic Portal Online)
EThOS : Single point of access to Ph.D. theses from 110 UK institutions of higher education. Digitization on demand for dissertations not already digitized. Most dissertations are digitized for free. When there is a charge, CRL will pay for the digitization of UK dissertations requested through our demand purchase program.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD): International organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations. Find ETDs in the collections.
OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)
ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories)
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This freely accessible database indexes thousands of theses and dissertations by American universities from 1902 to the present and provides links to full text where available.
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Published Dissertation or Thesis References
This page contains reference examples for published dissertations or theses.
Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Miranda, C. (2019). Exploring the lived experiences of foster youth who obtained graduate level degrees: Self-efficacy, resilience, and the impact on identity development (Publication No. 27542827) [Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University]. PQDT Open. https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/2309521814.html?FMT=AI
Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. UA Campus Repository. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620615
- Parenthetical citations : (Kabir, 2016; Miranda, 2019; Zambrano-Vazquez, 2016)
- Narrative citations : Kabir (2016), Miranda (2019), and Zambrano-Vazquez (2016)
- A dissertation or thesis is considered published when it is available from a database such as ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global or PDQT Open, an institutional repository, or an archive.
- If the database assigns publication numbers to dissertations and theses, include the publication number in parentheses after the title of the dissertation or thesis without italics.
- Include the description “Doctoral dissertation” or “Master’s thesis” followed by a comma and the name of the institution that awarded the degree. Place this information in square brackets after the dissertation or thesis title and any publication number.
- In the source element of the reference, provide the name of the database, repository, or archive.
- The same format can be adapted for other published theses, including undergraduate theses, by changing the wording of the bracketed description as appropriate (e.g., “Undergraduate honors thesis”).
- Include a URL for the dissertation or thesis if the URL will resolve for readers (as shown in the Miranda and Zambrano-Vazquez examples).
- If the database or archive requires users to log in before they can view the dissertation or thesis, meaning the URL will not work for readers, end the reference with the database name (as in the Kabir example).
Published dissertation or thesis references are covered in the seventh edition APA Style manuals in the Publication Manual Section 10.6 and the Concise Guide Section 10.5
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