LibGuides: Publishing Dissertations and Theses: Dissertation Research

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TechCat+ Use the library's online catalog to look for dissertations cataloged around the world.

Proquest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) Search all dissertation abstracts available through ProQuest. Full-text will be available for many of these.

Open Access to United States-Published Theses and Dissertations

EBSCO Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.4 million electronic theses and dissertations from more than 320 universities around the world.
MIT Theses Massachusetts Institute of Technology theses, 30,000+ since the mid-1800s This collection contains selected dissertations and theses from all MIT departments. MIT is now posting its dissertations and theses online with free access. Follow the link, then scroll down to choose the subject area to browse. Choose doctoral theses, and browse the listings. All MIT theses and dissertations since 2004 are included.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Mainly open-access dissertations, more than 1,000,000 are included. Some limit the number of pages available to those outside the institution. Also find links for more national and regional dissertation sources, such as Theses Canada.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 5,803,226 theses and dissertations.

Open Access to Internationally Published Theses and Dissertations

DART European E Thesis Portal This website points to dissertations and theses published electronically in Europe. The documents are usually published in the language of the country.
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) A listing of open access repositories for electronic theses and dissertations. May be further limited by country and software type.
Theses Canada Over 50,000 electronic theses and dissertations are available from the Library and Archives Canada's collection. For full-text, select "Electronic theses" on the search screen.

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