Finding Dissertations, Theses and Reports
UT Dissertations, Theses and Reports
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text 1861 - present. (ProQuest)
Updated monthly. Contains more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Provides full text for many dissertations and theses, including most done after 1997. All subject areas are covered. The database includes more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America with selective coverage for other parts of the world.
Texas Digital Library (currently contains theses and dissertations from UT Austin, UT Arlington, A&M, and Texas Tech)
Note: The deposit of copies of reports in the library has not been a requirement of the University for many years. Therefore, holdings for earlier years, as well as for a number of departments are incomplete. In addition, Undergraduate Honors Theses are received by UT Libraries only on a random basis.
Dissertations from various institutions
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text 1861 - present. (ProQuest)
Updated monthly. Contains more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Provides full text for many dissertations and theses, including most done after 1997. All subject areas are covered. The database includes more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America with selective coverage for other parts of the world.
WorldCat
WorldCat includes over 38 million records for books, periodicals, magazines, and any other type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. The database includes records for material as early as the 11th century.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
NDLTD is a federation of member universities and consortia dedicated to improving graduate education and the sharing of knowledge, helping universities build their information infrastructure, and extending the value of digital libraries.
Foreign Databases
THESES CANADA PORTAL
Launched by National Library of Canada. A website that provides free access to 46,000 full text electronic Canadian theses. Searching of over 220,000 Canadian theses held by the Library and Archives Canada is also available.
Center for Research Libraries - Foreign Doctoral Dissertations
1970 (with selective coverage back to 1716) - present. Updated annually. Covers covers doctoral and masters theses accepted by universitites of Great Britain and Ireland from 1970 to 1997. The doctoral theses published from 1987 forward also include abstracts. Also has selected bibliographic information on theses all the way back to 1716.
Index To Theses of Great Britain and Ireland
A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.
Australian Digital Theses (ADT) Program
The aim of the ADT program is to establish a distributed database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at Australian universities. The theses will be available worldwide via the web. The ideal behind the program is to provide access to, and promote Australian research to the international community.
SPARC Europe
list of European institutional repositories
WorldCat
WorldCat includes over 38 million records for books, periodicals, magazines, and any other type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. The database includes records for material as early as the 11th century.
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Interlibrary Loan
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