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EBSCO Open Dissertations

EBSCO Open Dissertations makes electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) more accessible to researchers worldwide. The free portal is designed to benefit universities and their students and make ETDs more discoverable. 

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EBSCO Open Dissertations is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to increase traffic and discoverability of ETD research. You can join the movement and add your theses and dissertations to the database, making them freely available to researchers everywhere while increasing traffic to your institutional repository. 

EBSCO Open Dissertations extends the work started in 2014, when EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation created American Doctoral Dissertations which contained indexing from the H.W. Wilson print publication, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. In 2015, the H.W. Wilson Foundation agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.

How Does EBSCO Open Dissertations Work?

Your ETD metadata is harvested via OAI and integrated into EBSCO’s platform, where pointers send traffic to your IR.

EBSCO integrates this data into their current subscriber environments and makes the data available on the open web via opendissertations.org .

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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 7,241,108 theses and dissertations.

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We’re happy to present several data visualizations to give an overall sense of the OATD.org collection by county of publication, language, and field of study.

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• NDLTD , the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. NDLTD provides information and a search engine for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), whether they are open access or not.
• Proquest Theses and Dissertations (PQDT), a database of dissertations and theses, whether they were published electronically or in print, and mostly available for purchase. Access to PQDT may be limited; consult your local library for access information.

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Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)

OATD.org provides 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 6,654,285 theses and dissertations.

EBSCO Open Dissertations

Search millions of electronic theses and dissertations (etds).

With EBSCO Open Dissertations, institutions and students are offered an innovative approach to driving additional traffic to ETDs in institutional repositories. Our goal is to help make their students’ theses and dissertations as widely visible and cited as possible.

This approach extends the work started in 2014, when EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation created American Doctoral Dissertations which contained indexing from the H.W. Wilson print publication, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities, 1933-1955. In 2015, the H.W. Wilson Foundation agreed to support the expansion of the scope of the American Doctoral Dissertations database to include records for dissertations and theses from 1955 to the present.

Get involved in the EBSCO Open Dissertations project and make your electronic theses and dissertations freely available to researchers everywhere. Please contact Margaret Richter for more information.

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global   is a wealth of unique global scholarship, which is a credible and quality source to Uncover the Undiscovered research insights and intelligence in easiest and most effective ways. The equitable discoverability of more than 5.8 million dissertations and theses with coverage from year 1637, allows researchers to amplify diverse voices and place their research in a global context. The database offers nearly 3.2 million full texts for most of the dissertations added since 1997.

By leveraging the rich citation data found in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global and with new citation insight tool, researchers can benefit from focused pathways of discovery to build foundational knowledge on various research topics. Over 200,000 new dissertations and theses are added to the database each year to enrich the citation data continuously.

For more information about the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global , navigate to the Content Page .

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global   Database  is also part of ProQuest One Academic .  ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global resides on the ProQuest Platform. For more information about the ProQuest Platform search and display features, see the  ProQuest Platform LibGuide .

The Dissertations Bootcamp eLearning Modules are a free resource that help support graduate student planning, writing, and research.

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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Librarian

Intended for Librarians who want to learn how to use the database's advanced search to support subject area research at their institution. Duration: 2 minutes.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Student, Searching Titles and Languages

This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the database's advanced search to identify known dissertations by title and search/analyze by languages other than English. Duration: 3 minutes.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Student, Searching Names

This session reviews how Students, both Masters or Ph, can use the database's advanced search to identify dissertations of known Authors or Advisors and further refine/analyze them. Duration: 4 minutes.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Student, Cited References

This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can use the dissertations to retrieve and explore further the Cited References. Duration: 4 minutes.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Student, Supplemental Files

This session reviews how Students, both Masters or PhD, can identify dissertations with Supplemental files which may contain useful materials for their graduate work. Duration: 3.5 minutes.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses for the Student, Subject Searching

This session will show Students, both Masters or PhD, some Search techniques both Basic and Advanced to locate dissertations on a certain topic. Duration: 5.5 minutes.

Webinar Title : Best Practices for Searching ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global

This session demonstrates how users can utilize the best practices of searching the " ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global  database" to connect with relevant information for their academic work. Duration:  52 minutes.

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ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index

The ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (PQDT) is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses, offering over 5.5 million records representing dissertations and theses from thousands of universities around the world.

Extending from they early 1600s to present, PQDT coverage is broadly multidisciplinary and includes foundational research in the life sciences, mathematics, computer science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities. Within dissertations and theses is a wealth of scholarship, yet it is often overlooked because most go unpublished.

Key Features

The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index will be a standalone database and included in an All Databases search by default. WoS users also have filter options available in each search so that they can search broadly and then narrow focus on a particular collection, subject category, document type, etc. If a user wants to locate dissertations or theses specifically, they can also search of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index only.

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PQDT is included in ALL Database search and can also be searched as a unique collection.

Track citation activity in Web of Science Core Collection

Dissertations and theses that have been cited by Web of Science Core Collection records will include a citation count and a link to the citing articles.

Claim dissertation or theses to a Web of Science Researcher Profiles

Researchers can manually claim their dissertation or thesis to their Web of Science Researcher Profile and make it part of the public view of their profile.

Links to Full Text of dissertations and theses on ProQuest platform

Institutions that subscribe to PQDT Global on the ProQuest platform will be able to link directly to their entitled full text.

Note: ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Citation Index will be released to customers in two phases. Phase 1: In July 2023, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Citation Index will go live with metadata records for 5.5+ million dissertations and theses. The records will not include cited reference indexing, which means that functionality such as Related Records and Cited References lists and associated navigation will not display. Phase 2: In late 2023, Linked Cited References lists and Related Records will be released to fully connect dissertations to the Web of Science citation network. If you have any questions regarding PQDT entitlement or functionality, please contact the Web of Science support team .

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the largest editorially curated repository of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses in the world. It includes millions of full-text dissertations, the majority of which were published after 1997, but hundreds of thousands of titles published before 1997 are also available. In addition to the full-text content, citations for over 5 million dissertations and theses are included. Content comes from thousands of universities located in 100+ countries. The database increases in size by 200,000+ works each year, and is designated as the official dissertation repository by the United States Library of Congress.

E-learning modules, webinar recordings, and additional resources are available at the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Libguide .

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This collection of MIT Theses in DSpace contains selected theses and dissertations from all MIT departments. Please note that this is NOT a complete collection of MIT theses. To search all MIT theses, use MIT Libraries' catalog .

MIT's DSpace contains more than 58,000 theses completed at MIT dating as far back as the mid 1800's. Theses in this collection have been scanned by the MIT Libraries or submitted in electronic format by thesis authors. Since 2004 all new Masters and Ph.D. theses are scanned and added to this collection after degrees are awarded.

MIT Theses are openly available to all readers. Please share how this access affects or benefits you. Your story matters.

If you have questions about MIT theses in DSpace, [email protected] . See also Access & Availability Questions or About MIT Theses in DSpace .

If you are a recent MIT graduate, your thesis will be added to DSpace within 3-6 months after your graduation date. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

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MIT Theses may be protected by copyright. Please refer to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Note that the copyright holder for most MIT theses is identified on the title page of the thesis.

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Check Cornell’s library catalog , which lists the dissertations available in our library collection.

The print thesis collection in Uris Library is currently shelved on Level 3B before the Q to QA regular-sized volumes. Check with the library staff for the thesis shelving locations in other libraries (Mann, Catherwood, Fine Arts, etc.).

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

According to ProQuest, coverage begins with 1637. With more than 2.4 million entries,  ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global  is the starting point for finding citations to doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI also offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. The full text of more than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download. Use  Interlibrary Loan  for the titles not available as full text online.

Foreign Dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries

To search for titles and verify holdings of dissertations at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), use the CRL catalog . CRL seeks to provide comprehensive access to doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the U. S. and Canada (currently more than 750,000 titles). One hundred European universities maintain exchange or deposit agreements with CRL. Russian dissertation abstracts in the social sciences are obtained on microfiche from INION.  More detailed information about CRL’s dissertation holdings .

Please see our resource guide on dissertations and theses for additional resources and support.

UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Permanent URI for this collection https://hdl.handle.net/2152/11

This collection contains University of Texas at Austin electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The collection includes ETDs primarily from 2001 to the present. Some pre-2001 theses and dissertations have been digitized and added to this collection, but those are uncommon. The library catalog is the most comprehensive list of UT Austin theses and dissertations.

Since 2010, the Office of Graduate Studies at UT Austin has required all theses and dissertations to be made publicly available in Texas ScholarWorks; however, authors are able to request an embargo of up to seven years. Embargoed ETDs will not show up in this collection. Most of the ETDs in this collection are freely accessible to all users, but some pre-2010 works require a current UT EID at point of use. Please see the FAQs for more information. If you have a question about the availability of a specific ETD, please contact [email protected].

Some items in this collection may contain offensive images or text. The University of Texas Libraries is committed to maintaining an accurate and authentic scholarly and historic record. An authentic record is essential for understanding our past and informing the present. In order to preserve the authenticity of the historical record we will not honor requests to redact content, correct errors, or otherwise remove content, except in cases where there are legal concerns (e.g. potential copyright infringement, inclusion of HIPAA/FERPA protected information or Social Security Numbers) or evidence of a clear and imminent threat to personal safety or well-being.

This policy is in keeping with the  American Library Association code of ethics  to resist efforts to censor library resources, and the  Society of American Archivists code of ethics  that states "archivists may not willfully alter, manipulate, or destroy data or records to conceal facts or distort evidence." Please see UT Libraries'  Statement on Harmful Language and Content  for more information.

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• No Thumbnail Available Item Counterhegemonic aesthetic practices beyond speculation: art and activism toward the imagined real ( 2023-08 ) Flores, Andie ; Gutierrez, Laura G., 1968- Show more Guided by counterhegemonic aesthetic strategies like prefiguration and stereoscopic aesthetics as revolutionary tools, this report critically examines and identifies opportunities within speculative art and activism, specifically comparing the art of Iván Argote with different artistic interventions. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Nae Ionescu's Philosophy of Religion: a translation and commentary ( 2023-08 ) Glajar, David Sergio ; Arens, Katherine, 1953- ; Roberts, Jason Edward Show more This thesis is a full translation of one of Romanian philosopher Nae Ionescu’s earliest university courses, The Philosophy of Religion (1925), along with preliminary critical commentaries on the first four chapters (or lecture days), which form the groundwork for the rest of Ionescu’s course. The translation has been performed without the aid of any kind of translation software, AI or otherwise. The four critical commentaries that precede the translation argue that Ionescu is idiosyncratically employing a highly theologized, crypto-ontological Platonic phenomenology in his ostensible philosophy of religion, thereby manipulating a version of phenomenology to his own dubious ends. As such, this piece is meant to help begin a meaningful conversation about Nae Ionescu’s direct and highly problematic influence on the thought of his most famous disciple, Mircea Eliade. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item A tale of two realities: gendered workspace at home during the pandemic in Taipei ( 2023-12 ) Tsai, Chyi-Rong ; Williams, Christine L., 1959- ; Glass, Jennifer Show more Remote work has been viewed as facilitating work-family balance and promoting gender equality. While work-family scholars provide evidence to show that women still carry more responsibility at home compared to their husbands, this study adds to the debate from the spatial aspect of remote work by asking whether there is a gendered pattern of space allocation and use when couples work from home together. This study examines how heterosexual couples in Taiwan use space when both are working from home. I interviewed 29 people in 19 households how they arranged working space at home, and how these spatial arrangements influenced their working experiences and career development. I found that space is gendered: men tend to work in a preferable space at home compared to their partners. However, a preferable space is not always an independent physical space, such as a room. Interviews reveal that women are more interrupted regardless of the physical setting of the space. Their experiences reveal that women’s family roles, such as mother, daughter, and wife, are prioritized at home, resulting in constant interruptions. On the contrary, men’s roles as a worker are protected when they worked from home. Gender transcends and transforms the physical space to reproduce gender inequality at work for people who work from home, suggesting the need to reconsider treating remote work as a pro-work-family policy. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Development of an NMR force microscopy probe for thin film studies ( 2023-08 ) Paster, Jeremy W. ; Markert, John T. Show more Presented here are efforts to reconfigure a nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy (NMRFM) probe to explore thin-film samples. The motivation for this experiment, which would enlist the non-invasive and subsurface capabilities of NMRFM, was to study the conducting interface between LaAIO₃ and SrTiO₃ (LAO/STO), materials which are insulating in bulk. We propose NMRFM as a tool to detect whether there is diffusion across the interface which could explain the conducting region. We adopted the Interrupted OScillating Cyclic Adiabatic Reversal (iOSCAR) protocol to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. This thesis provides background information on nuclear magnetic resonance, NMRFM, and LAO/STO before detailing key probe transformations towards thin-film exploration with iOSCAR. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item In and beyond the gate of pesantren: Islamic feminism and female ulama contributions to Islamic discourse in Indonesia ( 2023-08 ) Azizah, Dewi Rosfalianti ; Sowards, Stacey K. ; Ganesh, Shiv Show more This project investigates the competing narratives within the discourses of Islam in Indonesia, notably in the study of gender and women's positions within Islam, by using one pesantren based in Yogyakarta as a case study to better understand such larger discourses. By implementing Saba Mahmood’s concept of religious sociability, and pesantren values in Islamic teachings, I conduct a rhetorical analysis of pesantren communities and Islamic feminist organizations to shed light on existing narratives and how they influence larger aspects of Indonesian Islamic society. I argue that religious sociability practiced by female ulama in pesantren enables the intimate space that allows Islamic feminism to thrive, both within the constrained space of male-dominated fields and the larger society as a part of Islamic discourse. I also argue that Islamic feminist organizations and figures existing within and complying with pesantren values help build the narrative of moderate Islam and dismantle patriarchal interpretations of Islamic teachings. This thesis is divided into four chapters: First, I provide the contextual background of the interrelated and sometimes contesting narratives within the Islamic discourse in Indonesia. Then, I explore the concept of Islamic education, pesantren, and how religion has become a site of knowledge production to produce discursive realities. Second, I will explain the history of women’s organizations in Indonesia, and how Muslim women organizations in Indonesia have long paved the opportunities for the construction of Islamic feminism. Third, I will engage with Saba Mahmood’s concept of religious sociability to analyze a speech of a female ulama in Pesantren Krapyak Ali Maksum, Yogyakarta to find out how the rhetorical style of familiarity and sensibility are expressed in her persona, and how the figures of Ibu Nyai become rhetorical agents that inspires students. Lastly, I will discuss the social and digital activism of Islamic feminist organizations such as Mubadalah Indonesia and the Congress of Indonesian Female Ulama (Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia/KUPI) as the contributions of Islamic feminism and pesantren values in shaping Islamic discourse in Indonesia. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Optimized protocol for antibody yeast display ( 2023-12 ) Pareek, Sumit ; Maynard, Jennifer Anne, 1974- Show more Yeast display is an established technology used to discover proteins that have increased binding affinities to their targets. There are many steps within the process that affect the final binding affinity between proteins. The Maynard Lab regularly utilizes display technologies to discover antibodies that bind strongly to targets of interest prior to antibody engineering, in vitro testing, and in vivo studies. For the purpose of efficiency and standardization, the goal of this work is to develop a protocol associated with yeast display for discovery of potent antibodies. In this work, the variable domain is expressed on the surface of yeast cells, in which each cell has a unique heavy chain genotype and matching phenotype based on error-prone mutagenesis. After artificially producing millions of yeast cells with different heavy chain regions, the cells are sorted based on their affinity towards a receptor. DNA sequences that encode for successful binders are used to recombinantly clone, express, and characterize antibodies as leading candidates with increased binding affinity to targets. This revised protocol is lab-specific, wherein details about execution of experiments are contextual to the work done in the Maynard Lab. Every bullet-point and step in this report is a lesson learned from significant testing and troubleshooting. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item The effect of a health-system real-time prescription benefit tool on primary medication adherence: an interrupted time series study ( 2023-12 ) Reynolds, Timothy George ; Rascati, Karen L. ; Park, Chanhyun Show more Background: Real-time prescription benefit (RTPB) tools are intended to provide accurate outpatient medication cost information to providers at the point of prescribing. This may allow for meaningful affordability discussions between providers and patients. While becoming more widespread, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of this functionality on clinical and economic outcomes. Objective: To evaluate the effect of an integrated RTPB module on primary medication adherence and medication costs. Methods: This single-site, uncontrolled, interrupted time series analysis utilized case-level retrospective medication order and dispensing data from a large integrated delivery network (IDN) in Texas (2018-2022). Eligible outpatient medication orders (for branded diabetes medications, respiratory maintenance inhalers, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] medications) electronically prescribed for dispensing at the health system pharmacy network were examined for sales within 30 days of the order date (primary medication adherence). Segmented generalized linear regression models were used to model the association between RTPB functionality on instantaneous and durable changes in primary medication adherence rates and secondary medication cost outcomes. Results: A total of 54,328 medication orders met all study criteria (pre-intervention, N=27,425; post-intervention, N=26,903). In the post-intervention period, 67.3% of orders triggered an RTPB alert; however, only 0.5% of these were proactively initiated by the prescriber. Overall, the RTPB module was associated with an instantaneous decrease (23.6%; 95% CI; 14.7-31.6%) in odds and a monthly decrease (3.0%; 95% CI; 2.3-3.7%) in odds of 30-day primary medication adherence. This was consistent in analyses of respiratory inhaler and ADHD subsets. There was no association between RTPB functionality and out-of-pocket costs, except for an instantaneous decrease (25.0%; 95% CI; 5.4-40.4%) in the inhaler subset. Lastly, the RTPB module was associated with an instantaneous increase (7.2%; 95% CI; 3.0-11.7%) and a monthly increase (1.2%; 95% CI; 0.8-1.6%) in total medication costs, but medication subset analyses were conflicting. Conclusion: While evidence of a benefit from RTPB functionality was mixed, there was evidence of time-varying confounding that was not accounted for due to lack of a control group. Notably, while response rates of the RTPB module were high, there is minimal use of the more proactive component of the tool. Show more

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