Research Guides: Dissertations and Theses: How to Find

Sources

American Doctoral Dissertations
Huge index of over 172,000 dissertations accepted by American universities from 1902 to the present. Some Full Text. (Ebsco)
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Advanced research and scholarship. Theses and dissertations, free to find, free to use.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Millions of dissertations and theses in full text from 1743 on, with millions more citations.

Includes 3.8 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1.7 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Another 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
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Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN)
Provides a library of 20,000+ theological thesis/dissertation. Some titles are available in full text, while others may be ordered online. Contact the library if you wish to order.

Titles represent research from as many as 132 different institutions. Also included in the database are conference papers presented at annual meeting of several academic societies. . The library has a pre-paid account that covers 500 free downloads a year.

WorldCat
Use WorldCat to identify dissertations and theses to in libraries across the nation. Conduct your search, Then limit the results by clicking on dissertations and theses on the left side of the screen.Then order through Interlibrary Loan.
Interlibrary Loan
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