Theses & Dissertations
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (1637+) This link opens in a new window"Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses."
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DART-Europe E-theses Portal (database ceased Feb 1, 2025)Access to 500,000+ open access research theses from 578 Universities in 28 European countries
"We regret to inform you that the DART-Europe E-theses Portal will be closing down permanently on 1 February 2025. We would like to thank all our partners and contributors over many years. Electronic theses can be found in several general open access aggregators and in individual open access repositories." -
Dissertations (Center for Research Libraries) This link opens in a new window"catalog records for over 800,000 foreign doctoral dissertations...more than 90 countries and over 1200 institutions represented"
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EThOS -- e-Theses Online Service (British Library) (unavailable since 2023) This link opens in a new window"Search over 380,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily."
NOTE: British Library’s EThOS, the repository for UK PhD theses, is still unavailable after a serious ransomware attack in late 2023. Although many of the British Library’s online services are now up and running, we do not know when EThOS will be available again. (Work underway to restore in 2025) -
Global ETD Search This link opens in a new window"Global ETD Search is a free service that allows researchers to find ETDs based on keyword, date, institution, language and subject. Global ETD Search is based on a growing collection of approximately 6 million ETDs from approximately 200 universities on all continents." [Global/Union search broken 2/7/2023]
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Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new windowOATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 7 million theses and dissertations.
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Theses Canada This link opens in a new windowA searchable catalog of Canadian theses published since 1965, many of which are available in full-text electronic versions which can be downloaded free by students, scholars, and the public. Indexes approximately 300,000 records of theses and dissertations on microform in Library and Archives Canada's collection. Of these approximately 50,000 are also available electronically.
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Trove (National Library of Australia) This link opens in a new window"Find and get over 258,863,758 Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more"
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WorldCat Dissertations & Theses (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new windowAll dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects.
