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Theses and Dissertations: Introduction
Theses and dissertations are a key source for finding the latest scholarship, additional material such as data sets, and detailed research. They can also help you find out what has been written on a topic, uncover other sources through citations, and get inspiration for your own research project. Use the resources below to search for PhD theses from universities in the UK and abroad. If you're a PhD student yourself, you can use the resources to make sure that your topic hasn't already been written about by other doctoral students.
Essex Theses
The Library received all Ph.D. and M.Phil. theses and M.Sc. (Regulation 3.5.) theses up to 30 September 2016. Theses submitted after this date are kept in the University of Essex Research Repository. We do not normally hold dissertations and theses connected with other degrees - the exception being LL.Ms. All of our theses are kept in Store and can only be consulted in the library - you'll need to use the online store request form or fill in a form at the library helpdesk to request them.
If you are looking for a specific thesis you can use Library Search to search for the author or title. If you want to find an Essex thesis on a particular topic/subject area, you can either add the word "thesis" to your keyword search, or limit your results to the "Essex theses" or "University of Essex Research Repository" collections.
Theses and Dissertations: Library E-resources
EThOS aims to provide a 'single point of access' where researchers the world over can access all theses produced by UK Higher Education. The database can be searched by anyone, but individual users need to register to get access to the full text of theses. Many theses are free to download instantly, whilst others will only be available once digitisation has been requested. The hub automatically harvests e-theses from Institutional Repositories and digitises paper theses from participating institutions to offer the single point of access. Many UK institutions support Open Access to their theses, so download of their digital and digitised theses is free to the researcher. A small number of participating institutions may not be able to offer Open Access and in this case the researcher may have to pay for the digitisation. Where a thesis must be digitised before supply, you can expect a short delay. However, you will be informed when the thesis is ready for collection and you can then log on to the system and download it.
ProQuest dissertations and theses
Provides access to two databases:
Proquest Dissertations & Theses : A& I which is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day. From 1980 most records contain abstracts. UK doctoral theses included from 1988. From 1997, records contain 24-page previews.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland - which contains the most comprehensive available listing of theses, with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, since 1716; access to bibliographic coverage of theses produced by British and Irish universities; bibliographic listings for content for 1950-1986; abstracts for content since 1986. (Formerly Index to Theses) This database contains abstracts, it is not completely full text
Theses and Dissertations: Free Websites and Portals
EBSCO Open Dissertations
Created from a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, EBSCO Open Dissertations is a free electronic theses and dissertations database offering access to more than 800,000 ETDs, including those previously available in American Doctoral Dissertations.
Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (NDLTD)
Portal to over 5 million digitised theses from around the world.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations from universities around the world.
OpenThesis
Free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents.
Database of African Theses and Dissertations including Research (DATAD-R)
Trove Theses
Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertacoes (BDTD)
Theses Canada Portal
DART Europe
Theses.fr
TEL Theses-en-ligne (PhD)
DUMAS (Master's)
DissOnline
National Archive of PhD Theses
Hong Kong University Theses Online
National Diet Library Doctoral Dissertations
Dissertation CIS
National ETD Portal
TDX (Tesis Doctorales en Xarva)
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