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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/
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