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Dissertations & Theses
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Campus users have access to the full text of dissertations produced at any University of Colorado campus from 1997 to the present through ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I. CU dissertations available for download are marked "Free Downloads." To access, the user must enter a valid CU e-mail address.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350 word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150 word abstracts. The full text of more than one million of these titles is available in paper and microform formats.
How to Find UCB Theses
Look them up by author, title, or subject via our online catalog -- Chinook.
How to Find Non-UCB Theses
Your first step is to consult ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I -- which incorporates Dissertation Abstracts -- an index of dissertations worldwide. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available. Once you retrieve your citation from Dissertation Abstracts, you can order it online through ILLiad (interlibrary Loan).
Distance-borrowing Requests
You will need to contact your local library's interlibrary loan office. This is the standard method for lending and borrowing materials between libraries.
Theses Canada Portal (National Library of Canada)
"Full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations are available in PDF format for those theses published from the beginning of 1998 to August 31, 2002." Free. (As of February 2004. Date range will improve, although not earlier.)
Index to Theses 2004 (UK and Ireland)
Index to Theses has dramatically expanded its coverage of dissertations accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of UK and Ireland. Until now, users of the Index to Theses web-based service have had access to theses from 1970 to date, with full text abstracts only included from 1986.
The new and enhanced service provides users with coverage dating from today right back to 1716, providing total bibliographic control of all theses ever produced by British and Irish Universities. In addition, the expanded Index to Theses service benefits from the addition of a further 44,000 abstracts to the original collection covering the period 1970 - 1985.
This means Index to Theses users now have access to:
- 480,000 theses entries in total.
- 36,000 additional bibliographic entries converted from the Retrospective Index to Theses by Expert Information and with the kind permission of ABC CLIO.
- Some 220,000 bibliographic records converted from the printed publication by Expert Information from 1950 to 1986.
- 44,000 abstracts added in PDF format for the period 1970 to1986.
- From 1986 onwards, all entries include abstracts - with some 15,000 entries added each year.
This new service is already available to current subscribers from the 'Beta Site' prompt on the home page and will replace the existing coverage in the coming week.
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The information below is derived from:
Info From The Superhighway: Library Resources In A Changing World: Pt. 3: Theses and Dissertations
How do I find Dissertations and Theses from other Universities?
Linda Rae Putnam, Documents Department, Florida State University, lputnam@mailer.fsu.edu
- "In response to all of these requests I started looking on the Internet for sources for dissertations and I was surprised at how many I found. These are either full text or give directions on how to receive the full text version. I hope this list is as helpful to you as it has been to me."
Chronicle of Higher Education. - Requiring Thesis and Dissertations in Electronic form
http://chronicle.com/colloquy/98/thesis/thesis.htm
Commercial Academic Dissertation Publishers
http://dissertation.com/
Directory of ETDs Currently in Progress
All of the works listed below exist solely, or at least primarily, in digital form and seek to use their electronic environment to support scholarship that could not be undertaken in print. Detailed project descriptions and contact information are available by clicking on each ETD's title.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ETD/directory/directory.html
Dissertations Express
is a commercial product where the person can purchase a copy from them
http://www.umi.com/hp/Products/DisExpress.html
EDT Digital Library - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
http://www.theses.org/
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
http://mrg.esm.vt.edu/Composites/etds.htm
Electronic Theses and Dissertations available at NCSU Libraries
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/etd/
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Project
offers students the opportunity to submit their works electronically. ETDs will be stored in a digital library and made available through VIRGO as fulltext searchable documents.
http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/
Electronic Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities
a Directory of Online References and Resources
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ETD/ETD.html
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Merging Perspectives
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/GailsCCQarticle.html
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Problems and Possibilities
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/etds/bibliog.html
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Problems and Possibilities
Christian Weisser, John Baker, Janice R. Walker, University of South Florida Dept. of English
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/etds/etds.html
Electronic Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities
by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum - University of Virginia
http://www.cs.queensu.ca/achallc97/papers/p037.html
Graduate School UK - Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
http://www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/ETDintro.html
MIT Theses
a collection of selected MIT master's and doctoral theses which you can read through the World Wide Web. This service is provided by MIT Libraries and MIT Information Systems
http://theses.mit.edu/
National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations A Scalable and Sustainable Approach to Unlock University Resources
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september96/theses/09fox.html
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
http://www.ndltd.org/
Problems and Possibilities of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
by Christian Weisser, John Baker, and Janice R. Walker
http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/nov/etds.html
Project: The Capture and Storage of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Call for Statement of Interest and Experience
http://www.cni.org/projects/theses/
Report of the Taskforce on Electronic Theses And Dissertations
http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/elec_thes.html
Rhodes University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Initiative
http://www.rhodes.ac.za/library/theses/
Selected Northern Illinois University School of Sociology Graduate Student Theses
http://www.soci.niu.edu/theses/theses.html
SGML/HTML Electronic Theses and Dissertation Library
http://www.stg.brown.edu/conferences/tei10/tei10.papers/erickson.html
Third International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations:
Applying New Media to Scholarship March 1618, 2000; University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida.
http://etd.eng.usf.edu/Conference/glance.htm
UNESCO
promotes free and universal exchange of scientific information and the transfer of advanced digital library and publishing technologies to developing countries. In this context, UNESCO is examining the possibilities of formulating an international strategy for creating and disseminating electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/etd/
UNESCO Clearing House on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
http://www.eduserver.de/unesco/
University of Florida Theses and Dissertations
are beginning to be published electronically, as are those from a number of other universities.
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/etd.html
University of South Florida Electronic Theses and Dissertations
http://www.lib.usf.edu/virtual/etd/
University of Waterloo Electronic Theses and Dissertations Pilot Project
This site provides access to a selection of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) submitted by graduate students at the University of Waterloo.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/~uwetpt/pilot.html
Virginia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation home page
http://etd.vt.edu/
VT University Libraries - Electronic Theses and Dissertations
including available, restricted and withheld ETDs
West Virginia University Computer Science Electronic Theses and Dissertations
http://www.cs.wvu.edu/~java/etd/
West Virginia University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
http://www.wvu.edu/~thesis/
WPI Worchester Polytechnic Institute Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/
