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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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- 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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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.
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Your ETD metadata is harvested via OAI and integrated into EBSCO’s platform, where pointers send traffic to your IR.
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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.
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The majority of print dissertations in the UC Berkeley Libraries are from UC Berkeley. The libraries have a nearly complete collection of Berkeley doctoral dissertations (wither online, in print, or both), and a large number of Berkeley master's theses.
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Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California, with full text of most doctoral dissertations from UC Berkeley and elsewhere from 1996 forward. Dissertations published prior to 2009 may not include information about the department from which the degree was granted.
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Selected UC Berkeley master's theses freely available online. For theses published prior to 2020, check UC Library Search for print availability (see "At the Library" below).
UC Berkeley dissertations may also be found in eScholarship , UC's online open access repository.
Please note that it may take time for a dissertation to appear in one of the above online resources. Embargoes and other issues affect the release timing.
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Dissertations: From 2012 onwards, dissertations are only available online. See above links.
Master's theses : From 2020 onwards, theses are only available online. See above links.
To locate older dissertations, master's theses, and master's projects in print, search UC Library Search by keyword, title or author. For publications prior to 2009 you may also include a specific UC Berkeley department in your search: berkeley dissertations <department name> .
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Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.
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Covers all dissertations and theses cataloged in WorldCat, a catalog of materials owned by libraries worldwide. UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students may use the interlibrary loan request form for dissertations found in WorldCatDissertations.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
An index of over 3.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.
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This series contains open access dissertations that students have wished to make openly available. The full-text content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a dissertation is no longer embargoed. To browse a fuller listing of dissertations from Purdue please visit the Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest series.
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The UBC Theses and Dissertations collection promotes open and comprehensive access to a significant body of unique knowledge created by graduate students to support further research and for private study. The authors retain copyright ownership and moral rights to their theses. The content of theses may not be re-purposed or exploited for commercial gain without the explicit permission of the authors.
UBC graduate students began submitting their theses online via cIRcle, UBC’s digital repository, in fall 2007, a practice that both simplified the submission process and also ensured the availability of this research to a global audience in a timely manner. As of March 2012, UBC Library has digitized and made openly accessible the full-text of more than 32,000 theses submitted by graduate students between 1919 and 2007. In addition to providing information about specific fields of study these theses also reveal important information about changes in pedagogy at the University and within academic disciplines. Authors concerned about having their pre-2007 theses included as part of this collection can notify [email protected] to have their thesis removed. Similarly, if copyrighted material appears in a thesis the copyright owner can request that material be removed.
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The world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. All materials in full text are available to currently-registered students, faculty and staff for free.
More than 70,000 new full text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through dissertations publishing partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations through UMI’s Digital Archiving and Access Program.
Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master’s theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT — Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
EThOS (Electronic Theses Online Service)
The aim of EThOS is to offer a ‘single point of access’ where researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education
Many UK institutions support Open Access to their theses, so download of their digital and digitized theses is free to the researcher. A small number of participating institutions may not be able to offer Open Access and in this case the researcher may have to pay for the digitization.
EThOS can only offer the theses of participating institutions. While we expect a large number of institutions to take part, we cannot supply from an institution which chooses not to. In this case, you should approach the institution’s library directly to gain access to a thesis. http://ethos.bl.uk/
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization that promotes the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations. The NDLTD Union Catalog contains more than one million records. http://www.ndltd.org/resources/find-etds
The mission of Theses Canada is to acquire and preserve a comprehensive collection of Canadian theses at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), to provide access to this valuable research within Canada and throughout the world. Its mission to preserve this portion of Canada’s bibliographic heritage is achieved through collaboration with the many Canadian universities who participate in the program. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada
Please consult the Research Guide: Guide for Writers of Theses & Dissertations for information about how to submit your thesis or dissertation to Boston University Libraries.
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Full text of UMD dissertations and theses is available online since December 2003 in DRUM . These are available to everyone. In instances where the student has restricted access to their electronic thesis or dissertation in DRUM for a specific period of time, any physical copies are also restricted.
Many doctoral dissertations are available in Digital Dissertations. Because of licensing agreements, this database can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park, and authorized users from other subscribing institutions. Theses and dissertations from over 1,000 colleges and universities are included.
- Dissertations & Theses Global This database is the an authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. It also contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. It offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe. Time Span: 1861 to present.
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If you have any questions concerning the availability of your work on ProQuest’s Digital Dissertations or DRUM, please contact Michelle Tan in the Registrar's Office at [email protected] or the UM Library’s DRUM Team at [email protected] .
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Search for OU theses in the Library Search . To see only print theses click 'In the Walton Hall library' and refine your results to resource type 'Thesis'.
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UK theses and dissertations from EThOS
The Electronic Theses Online System (EThOS) offers free access to the full text of UK theses.
- EThOS offers a one stop online shop providing free access to UK theses
- EThOS digitizes theses on request into PDF format, this may require payment
- EThOS is managed by the British Library in partnership with a number of UK universities
- EThOS is open to all categories of library user
What does this mean to you as a library user?
When you need to access a PhD thesis from another UK based HE institution you should check EThOS to either download a thesis which has already been digitised or to request that a UK thesis be supplied to you.
- For all UK theses EThOS will be the first point of delivery. You can use the online ordering and tracking system direct from EThOS to manage your requests for UK PhD theses, including checking the status of your requests
- As readers you will deal directly with EThOS so will not need to fill in a document delivery request
- OU staff and research students will still be entitled to access non-UK based PhD theses by filling in a document delivery request
- In some cases where EThOS is unable to supply a UK thesis OU staff and research students will be able to access it by filling in a conventional document delivery request. The thesis will be supplied through direct loan
- The EThOS system is both faster and cheaper than the previous British Theses service which was based on microfilm
- The British Library no longer arranges interlibrary loans for UK PhD theses
- Interlibrary Loan procedures for other types of request from the British Library (articles and books for example) will remain the same
If you have any queries about using EThOS contact the Document Delivery Team ( [email protected] or the Library Helpdesk ).
Note 13/03/2024: The British Library is continuing to experience a major technology outage affecting its websites and other online systems, due to a Cyber attack. as a result access to ETHOS might not be possible until the issue is fixed.
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This collection includes EKU theses and dissertations submitted electronically beginning with the Fall 2010 semester.
All theses written prior to Fall 2010 are available at EKU Libraries in the Silent Study Zone located on the 4th floor of the University Building. Browse the list of print theses written prior to Fall 2010 .
To browse these theses and dissertations by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges, Departments, or Administrative Unit page .
Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023
How the Drug Trade is Facilitated Online: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis , Jose Aguilar
The Genome, Genetic Genealogy Database (3g Database) , Salma Obaid Alotaibi
Social Media Use in Disaster Management: Perceptions of Emergency Management Directors at Kentucky Institutions of Higher Education , AHMED MOHAMMED ALSHAHARANI
Placental co-culture model reveals Listeria monocytogenes utilization of monocytes for vertical transmission , Breanna Mackenzie Amelunke
The American University: Attitudes about Safety and the Impact of Gun Regulations on Campus , April Bixler
Optimization of Electrode Configurations for Calibration-Free, Remote Sensing of Heavy Metals in Water Using Double-Potenital Step Anodic Coulometry , Jessica Bone
Gender, Sexuality, And LGBTQ+ Identities In General Education Literature Courses: Three Major Conceptual Frameworks , Josiah Coleman
Perceptions of play-based curricula as an effective model of instruction for children with special needs , Angela Bernice Cooper
A Quantification Of The Metabolic Demand Wrought By Explosive Ordinance Disposal Load Carriage , Gage Cousineau
An Examination Of The Usage Of Grants And Municipal Bonds To Fund Capital Projects For Local Governments , Collin Patrick Davis
Qualities Of A School Counselor And Principal Partnership That Foster Student Learning And School Culture: A Qualitative , Eef Ji Fontanez
Exploring The Effectiveness Of Telehealth Adolescents' Interventions On Sleep: A Meta-Analysis , Youmna Hakoum
Comparison of Annual Performance Report Results of Central Appalachian Upward Bound Programs during 2017-2022 Grant Cycle , Zachary Hudson Hess
Assessment Of Natural Roost Availability And Artificial Roost Preference By Indiana Bats In Scott County, Kentucky , Shannon Kerry Howe
No Safe Spaces: Institutionally Washed Out , Jordan Marie King
Exploring The Past With Place: Incorporating Multimodal Archival Composition In Secondary English Education , Sarah King
Using Mesocosms to Model Optimal Levels of Body Size Variation in Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) , Ian Kratzer
Occupational Therapists’ Perceptions Of Practice During The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Impact On Their Mental Health And Well-Being , Victoria Long
Neutral And Charged Bis(Triarylamines) For Use In Grid Scale Battery Technologies , Taylor Matthews
Changes In Fish Communties Throughout The Buck Creek Watershed In Relation To Land Use , John Clark Miller
First-Year Writing Ungraded Study At Eastern Kentucky University , Kaitlynn Elizabeth Moody
"Temporal Salvation": A Study of LDS Leadership Strategies From 1874-1917 , Haley Elaine Pettit
Calling All Cast Members: Elevating Material Objects and Ambient Environments to Non-Human Rhetorical Actors in Arden of Faversham , Tara Michelle Pulaski
Urban And Rural Comparisons Of Attitudes Toward Medically Assisted Treatment For Pregnant And Postpartum Women With Oud In Appalachia , Anna Reeves
Decoding the Flavor of Kentucky's Native Pawpaw Fruit , Mackenzie Leanne Roark
Variation In Bat Activity Across Upland Embedded Wetlands In The Cumberland Ranger District Of The Daniel Boone National Forest , Brittany Ryan
Menstrual Inequality in Women's Correctional Facilities , Tara Lee Sexton
Grief Narratology In The Digital Age: Writing The Self In Academic Spaces , Sarah Weddle South
Understanding Federal Funding of Appalachian Nonprofit Organizations Through Characteristic Analysis , Jordan C. Stewart
Individual capture history affects site use and defensive behavior of foraging eastern copperheads at a recreational site , James Benjamin Stratton
Investigation Of Emotional Numbing And Other Potential Risk Factors Of Chronic Ptsd In Veterans , Daniela M. Taylor
Posttraumatic Growth In Inmates: An Exploration Of Cumulative Adverse Life Experiences And Its Relationship To Growth , Rachel Taylor
Tradition And Satisfaction: The Mob And Lynching In The Georgian Cotton Belt, 1890-1899 , Marcus Anthony Thornton
Emotions as social objects in the justice system: how feelings develop in justice processes and what they do. , Peyton Alexander Warman
From the governor's desk to a bullet in your chest: The fatal implications of anti-trans legislation , Iyan Wickel
Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022
The Effects Of External Load And Body Composition On The Sebt In Marching Band Performers , Alexander Alvarez
House of Lambs , Taylor Janell Anderson
Community Development Through Career And Technical Education In The U.S. Education System For A Higher American Standard Of Living , Marty Stuart Asbridge
Small Mammal Species Richness And Relative Abundance Across The Elevational Gradient And Microhabitats Of Pine Mountain, Eastern Kentucky , Sarah Elizabeth Baker
New Directions in State Crime: A Queer Criminology Perspective , Haley Elizabeth Bates
Identification and Security Implications of Biometrics , Kathryn Boggs
Types of Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health , Ashley Bragg
Scatterbrain , Abigail C. Byrd-Stapleton
Samuel Beckett's Theory of Repetition , Kennedy Carpenter
Scope of Homelessness in Kentucky , Shannon Elyse Catron
Scale Validation Of American Exceptionalism Index , Evan Hunter Charles
Tholins: A Gas Phase Computational Study of Methanimine and Related Species , Bradley T. Chem
Multimodality And The Sociality Of Literacies: Shaping First-Year Writing Students’ Literacies Through Multimodal Approaches , Jonathon Collins
A Tender Head , Whitney N. Cooper
Phenotypic Plasticity of Geographically Central and Peripheral Populations of Jefferson Salamanders (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) in Response to Simulated Climate Change , Aaron Devine
Magnaporthe Oryzae Telomeric Retrotransposon (moter) Relics Further Highlight Telomere Dynamics In A Rapidly Evolving Fungal Pathogen , Jane Ellen Dostart
Broken Rules and Ugly Rumors , Sam Floyd
How And Why Design Education Instructors Use Place-Based Education In Their Courses , Michael Flynn
Unitl the Well Runs Dry , Wesley Adam Gift
Academic Coaching As A Transition Model For Graduating College Students With Disabilities , Lee Ann Griesheimer
Asking Appalachia: Appalachian English in the Writing Classroom , Rachel Nicole Hampton
Hierarchy and Responsibility in Media: Cults, Culpability, and Culture , Max Hargett
Professional Learning Communities: Perception of Impact on Learning , Esther Denise Hayden
Wattpad as an Online Medium for Contemporary Folklore , Alisha Tess Helton
The Price Of “Normal”: Masking In The Autistic Community , Phyllis Elizabeth Holloway
Factors Contributing To Feelings Of Inclusion And Exclusion Among Swahili-Speaking Refugees In Lexington, Kentucky , Aaron Lankster
Instructional Coaching And Student Achievement , Lee Ann Lewellen
How Administrators Perceive Reductions In State Funding Higher Education , Bruce Manley
The Touching Rooms , Kimberly Mattheussens
"I Could Not Understand Anything They Said!": Non-Native English Speaking Instructors, Online Learning, and Student Anxiety , Katelyn Lee McClure
Fear of the Future: A Speculative Exploration of Cinematic Dystopias , Katarina Megan McGuire
All the Broken Pieces , Ellen Harrison Mitchell
Comparison Of Spawning Habitat And Nest Density Between Buck Darter (etheostoma Nebra) And Striped Darter (etheostoma Virgatum) Populations In The Cumberland River Drainage, Kentucky , Jacob Charles Murphy
Body Size And Habitat Shading Influence The Consumptive And Non-Consumptive Effects Of Wood Frog (lithobates Sylvaticus) Tadpoles On Aquatic Invertebrate Communities , Brady Patrick Parlato
Genetic And Morphological Assessment Of Pigtoe Mussels (unionidae: Pleurobemini: Fusconaia/pleurobema Spp.) in Ozark Drainages , Logan Tyler Phelps
Barriers To Seeking And Obtaining Academic Accommodations In College Classrooms , Clint Pinion
Investigating A State-Funded Disciplinary Literacy Program In Kentucky For Educators Of Adolescent Students , Kevin Presnell
The Road To Justice: Incarcerated Students’ View On Education Behind Bars , Margaret Baker Price
Chromatographic Studies Of Some Hormone And Metabolic Modulators Used For Doping In Sports , Ruth Marie Speidel
The Impact That The Power Scholars’ Academy Program Has On The Achievement Of Students In Reading And Math , Sharonda Steele
Communities In Conflict: A Critical Look Into Police And Deaf Interactions In Central Kentucky , Savannah Sublette
An Examination Of Print Awareness When Using Electronic And Printed Books With Preschool-Aged Children , Marissa Taylor
Impact of Living Learning Communities on Underserved Minority Students at a Regional Comprehensive University , Brandon Leonard Thompson
Community College Retention Initiative: A Qualitative Study On The Lived Experiences Of Black Males Entrenched In A Mentoring Program At One Associate-Level College In The Southeastern Region , Brandon Turnley
BECAUSE: A Son’s Odyssey to Expose a CIA Coverup and Find the Father He Never Knew , James B. Wells
Correlation Between Student Success and On-Campus Jobs , William Thomas Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021
Academic Stress Examination And Its Sources Among Saudi Students In The United States , Nawaf Alshammari
Litter Breakdown And Benthic Invertebrate Detritivores From A Hydrologically Restored Stream , Jacob Becraft
Effects of a Virtual Reality Dementia Experience on Graduate Communication Disorders Students’ Future Clinical Practice , Morgan Stephens Blaydes
Dirt Road Magic , Carrie Callahan
Absorbent Household Materials For The Collection Of Ignitable Liquid Residues From Surfaces Of Varying Porosity , Jessica Carlotti
The Barriers Students Of Color Experience During The Online College Application , Tichaedza Stephen Chikuni
Understanding the Impact of an ACT Intervention Course Through the Perspectives of Previous Students , April Clement
Relationship Between Secondary Industry Certifications and Employment in the Particular Credentialed Area , Kevin R. Cook
A Qualitative Study Exploring Online Teaching At A Rural Community College: How Do Faculty Prepare To Teach Online? , Gwendolyn Davidson
Introductory Mathematics and STEM Persistence: Examining the Differences between Online and In-Person Performance at a HBCU , Wendy Dixie
Effect Of CBD On D2 Dopamine Receptor And CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor Function And Localization , Elizabeth Dull
Examining Formative Critique In The High School Visual Arts Classroom , Peter C. Edwards
Perspectives of Individuals with Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Co-Survivors on Person-Centered Care within Speech-Language Therapy , Logan MacRae Ellis
Perceptions of Education Attainment in Rural and Appalachian Schools , Michael Estep
Comparing Success Rates Of Online Courses To Traditional Courses In A Small Rural Community College , David Lee Frazier
Career and Mentorship Experiences of Women Educational Administrators in Rural Community Colleges , Diane Ashley Gibson
Individualism and Collectivism: Well Being Within the African American Community , Tajana Graves
Evidence of Non-Strike Induced Chemosensory Searching by Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) During Cicada Predation , Henderson Cyrenius Gull
“Basic Stuff I Should Know About My Kids, I Don’t Know”: Incarcerated Mothers’ Perception Of Incarceration’s Effects On Mother-Child Relationships , Narissa Haakmat
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Below is a selection of dissertations from the Attallah College of Educational Studies. Additional dissertations from years prior to 2019 are available through the Leatherby Libraries' print collection or in Proquest's Dissertations and Theses database.
Dissertations from 2024 2024
Rising from the Abyss: A Grounded Theory Exploration on How Afghani and Ukrainian Mothers Navigate Major Milestones Following the Onset of Political Conflict , Rabab Atwi
Investigating Factors Influencing Chinese Private College Students’ Engagement in Emergency Online Learning , Limei Cao
“Caught in the Continuum”: How Special Educators Facilitate Access for Students With Extensive Support Needs , Megan Doty
Exploring Community College Faculty and Administrators Work Providing Educational Opportunities for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD): An Integral Framework for Inclusive Postsecondary Education , Stacy Eldred
Leading Towards Racial Justice: Counterstories of TK-12 Latinx Men Administrators , Pedro Espinoza
Experiences of Latine LGBTQ+ High School Students in California , Michael Gorse
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Women Leaders’ Career Advancement Within Private Universities in China , Xiuying Han
Peacing it Together: Post 9/11 Enlisted Student Veterans’ Awakening to Peace Leadership , Nicholas J. Irwin
The Experiences of Postsecondary Students with Disabilities Utilizing One Stop Student Services: A Grounded Theory Approach , Ivan Noe
Personalized Learning for Art Major Students Based on Learner Characteristics , Jiayu Shao
Influences of Cultural Capital and Internationalization on Global Competence: Evidence from China’s Higher Vocational Education , Yiying Teng
Visit the Imprisoned: A Heuristic Inquiry into the Experiences of Catholic Detention Ministry Volunteers , Christopher Tran
Factors Influencing College Students’ Learning Satisfaction With Educational Videos , Fei Wang
A Positive Psychology Perspective on Chinese EFL Students’ Well-Being, Language Mindset, and English Performance , Qian Wei
Becoming and Thriving as an EFL Instructor: Exploring Key Factors Contributing to Positive Identity Construction , Weiyi Xia
Fair or Unfair? Chinese Undergraduates’ Perceptions of College Classroom Assessments , Ying Zhu
Dissertations from 2023 2023
All Things Weird and Wonderful: A Creative Exploration of Disability Representation , Lara Ameen
Generalizability of the Scale of Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusive Classrooms (STATIC) to School Psychologists , Abraham Aryadad
Understanding the Relationship Between Organic Chemistry Misconceptions and Students’ Chemistry Self-efficacy in Higher Education Organic Chemistry Courses , Lauren A. Dudley
Women’s Pornography Use and Sexuality Education in U.S. Public Schools , Julie Fraumeni-McBride
Educator Professional Development in Universal Design for Learning and Social-Emotional Learning: A Collective Case Study , Sara Morgan
Phenomenological Study on Veteran Resource Center (VRC) in California Community Colleges , Darl Park
Equipped for Change: A Grounded Theory Study of White Antiracist School Leaders’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Racial Consciousness in Educational Leadership , Thomas Joseph Peterson
A Discourse Analysis of Parents' and Teachers' Social Constructions of School Readiness and Transition to Kindergarten for Children With Disabilities , Ronica Senores Toyota
How Market-Driven Policies Impact a Private Vocational College Department in China , Huiru Zhu
Dissertations from 2022 2022
Disabled IDF Veterans in Israeli Higher Education: Disability Identity and Use of Support , Einat Ben Dov
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teacher Preparation Standards within Inclusion-Intensive States , Kay Lynn Ceja
Beta Drift: Forecasting the Manifold Relationships between Students and their Pursuit of STEM Careers , Douglas D. Havard
Radical Belonging: School as Communion of Peoples, Place, and Power , Joey Yung-Jun Liu
“I Just Learn Differently”: The Experiences of Dis/abled Students of Color Interpreting and Resisting Normalizing Forces in the Mathematics Classroom , Dina Mahmood
The Efficacy of a Key Word Signing Workshop , Krista McMorran-Maus
The Relationship Among Social and Psychological Inclusion, Marginalized Group Membership, and Student Outcomes , Katheryn Munguia
Higher Education Housing Professionals and Disability: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Resident Directors’ Understandings of Disability , Christopher Toutain
Dissertations from 2021 2021
Understanding First-Generation Latinx Students' Experiences in a Predominantly White Private Institution: A Grounded Theory Study , Jacqueline Aparicio
Constructing Critical Change: Learning from Elementary Teachers' Engagement with Inclusive Critical Education , Courtney Beatty
Fighting An Uphill Battle: Black Undergraduate Women Navigating Higher Education While Acknowledging and Challenging Media Portrayals of Black Women , Kandace Branch
Community College Success of Students with Disabilities , Shayne Brophy-Felbab
Searching for Balance: The Reading Choices, Experiences, and Habits of Women in Higher Education Leadership Roles , Laura Burns
Leading Climate Action Planning: A Case Study of Local Community Practices , Mackenzie Crigger
Bidimensional Assessment of Youth Mental Health: Evaluation of the California Healthy Kids Survey as a Measure of Youth Subjective Well-Being , Michael Doria
Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Resilience Among Latina Academics in Higher Education , Rocio Garcia
Special Education Parent Perceptions of Involvement and Parent–Educator Relationships During IEP Meetings at Nonpublic Schools , Alex Huynen
Systemic Functional Linguistics in the Community College Composition Class: A Multimodal Approach to Teaching Composition Using the Metalanguage of SFL , Jennifer James
School Psychologists as Leaders in Professional Practice: An Examination of Leadership Roles and Perceived Support , Jodi LaChance
An Examination of Chinese Private College Students’ Intercultural Competence , Li Li
Relationships Among Mentoring Support and Student Success in a Chinese First-Year Experience Program , Tianxiang Liu
Contributing to Engineering Colleges Students' Development Through Out-of-Class Involvement: A Survey of Chinese Private Colleges' Engineering Students , Wanlu Li
Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults , Sneha Kohli Mathur
Using a Dual-Factor Model to Understand the Mental Health of Students with School Refusal Behavior , Zachary D. Maupin
The Effects of Internationalization Activities on Undergraduates' Global Competence: An Exploratory Study at A Chinese Private University , Haiying Meng
Resilience and Mental Health of Students Attending California's Continuation High Schools , Brianna Meshke McLay
'Training' the Body Politic: Essays on the School Reform Orthodoxy , Jahan Naghshineh
Mitigating Risks for Youth in At-Risk Living Conditions Through School-Based Protective Factors , Cora Palma
Seeing the Tress For the Forest: An Analysis of Novice and Experienced Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Stress , Allison Serceki
An Examination of Chinese Undergraduates’ Contemplativity and Academic Stress , Ran Tao
Teachers’ Experiences of a District’s Transformational Leadership Design Program: A Qualitative Study , Jarit Unrau
California Elected City Council Women of Color: Building a Collaborative Vision With Inclusive Voice , Beatriz T. Valencia
Equality of Educational Opportunity in China: Factors from Family, School, and Shadow Education , Qin Xiang
An Examination of Chinese Adolescents’ Resilience and Their Perceptions of Parental and Peer Attachment , Jingwen Xing
Do Academic Characteristics Predict Chinese Private University Students’ Success in English Language Testing? , Feijun Yu
Empathy Among Nursing Undergraduates at a Chinese Private University , Yuanyuan Zhang
A Study of Critical Thinking Dispositions of Undergraduates in Foreign Language Discipline at One Private College in Mainland China , Yuanyuan Zheng
Dissertations from 2020 2020
Hidden Power: Journalistic Representations of Mental Health Labels , Elise Anguizola Assaf
Finding Voice from the Inside: How Postsecondary Education Impacted Perceptions of Higher Education for Long-Term Incarcerated Juveniles , Gregory Barraza
Experienced Pediatric Oncology Nurses Using Self-Reflective Practices in the Clinical Setting: A Descriptive Phenomenological Investigation , Daniel Josue Bonilla
The Labyrinth of Autism: Heuristic Journeys of Fathers Who Have a Child on the Autism Spectrum , Lisa Boskovich
Developing Trust in a Cross-Functional Workgroup: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Communication Intervention , Scott De Long
A Place of Yes? Experiences of Educators Participating in Site-based Teacher-led Reform , Elizabeth Hind
Vietnamese Resilience Assessment: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Scale Validation , Loan Le
School Psychologists and School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation Received for the Provision of School-Based Mental Health Services , Sherika McKenzie
The Perceived Effectiveness of School-Based Accommodations for Students with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus , MaryAnn Seng
Secondary Traumatic Stress in Teachers and School Communities Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic , Anne Steketee
Performative Possibilities in the Development of Protagonistic Agency Among Graduate Students in China , Yan Wang
Dissertations from 2019 2019
Laughing Back: A Phenomenological Study of Disability Humor Using Culturally Responsive Methodologies , Kinda Abujbarah
Women’s Right and Education in Saudi Arabia: Raising Critical Consciousness in Arabic Studies Courses in Female High Schools in Saudi Arabia , Eman Almutairi
Exploring Gender Roles and Gender Equality within the Evangelical Church , Christopher Bishop
Minding the Gap: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Transition from Secondary School to Community College for Students Identified with Autism , Douglas Highlen
#BLACKQUEERLIVESMATTER: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Black Gay Male Leaders in Los Angeles , Christopher Jackson
The Power of Partnership: Understanding the Dynamic of Co-Teaching Pairs , Amanda M. Lozolla
The Intersection of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Beliefs, Perceptions, and Practices and the Language Acquisition and Development of Emerging Aided Communicators , Margaret Vento-Wilson
On the Move: Storying the Authentic Leadership Development of Millennial Gay Men , Kyle Williams
The Media, Education, and the State: Arts-Based Research and a Marxist Analysis of the Syrian Refugee Crisis , Meng Zhao
Dissertations from 2018 2018
Collegiate Women in Saudi Arabia: Leading Collectively for the Development of Self, Others, and Society , Miznah Alomair
Counter-stories of First-Generation Latinx Alumnae: A Critical Race Theory Analysis , Pamela Ezell
Practitioner Research in Schools: Revealing the Efficacy Agency Cycle , Edward Resnick
An Analysis of Mentoring and Job Satisfaction in Public and Private College and University Academic Libraries in California , Kevin M. Ross
Dissertations from 2017 2017
Queer Teachers in Catholic Schools: Cosmic Perceptions of an Easter People , Kevin Stockbridge
Dissertations from 2016 2016
Young, Urban, Professional, and Kenyan?: Conversations Surrounding Tribal Identity and Nationhood , Charlotte Achieng-Evensen
Inside/Outside/In-between: Understanding how Jewish Identity Impacts the Lives and Narratives of Ashkenazi Female Public School Educators , Mindi Ellen Benditson
The Repatriation Experiences of American Third Culture Kids , Nicole Mazzo Bennett
Academic Factors that Predict Community College Students’ Acceptance of Evolution , Meredith Anne Dorner
Operation Transition: Post-9/11 Combat Marines Transitioning to Civilian Life and the Role of Higher Education in their Identity Formation , Jamie M. Fenton
Towards a New Understanding: Complex Familial Constructs of Autism , Joanne Kim
The Development of the Scale of Contemplative Practice in Higher Education , Maryann Krikorian
Bridgers in the Third Space: An In-Country Investigation of the Leadership Practices of US-Educated Chinese Nationals , Maria L. Martinez
The Experiences of Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities: A Holistic View , Ashley Mc Adams
¿Dónde Pertenecemos? Narrative Analysis of Afro-Boricua Women’s Experiences of Belonging Within and Beyond College , Marie Nubia-Feliciano
Nontraditional Student Risk Factors and Gender as Predictors for Enrollment in College Distance Education , Tammy Crews Pao
The Glass Ceiling is Not Broken: Gender Equity Issues among Faculty in Higher Education , Jillian Wood
Dissertations from 2015 2015
A Narrative and Poetic Exploration into Self-Defining Asperger’s: Ceasing to be X-1 , Lisa Boskovich
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Craft a Compelling Thesis: 9 pro tools for research and writing success
The journey from a captivating research topic to a compelling thesis can be long and winding. Between navigating mountains of information, organizing your thoughts, and crafting a well-structured argument, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But fear not, intrepid researcher! This article introduces you to the categories of powerful tools that will streamline your research process, empower your writing, and ultimately help you craft a thesis that shines.
Part 1: Laying the Foundation – Research Powerhouses
Your research is the backbone of your thesis. To build a strong foundation, you need access to credible and diverse sources. Here are two essential online tools to kickstart your search:
Google Scholar and JSTOR: Unearthing scholarly gems
These academic search engines are goldmines for researchers. Google Scholar scours the web for scholarly articles, theses, books, and abstracts across a wide range of disciplines. JSTOR delivers a curated collection of high-quality, peer-reviewed journals and primary sources.
Power Up Your Research with Google Scholar and JSTOR:
1. Advanced Search Techniques: Both platforms offer advanced search functions. You can filter by publication date, author, title keywords, or specific journals.
2. Citation Tracking: Both Google Scholar and JSTOR allow you to track citations, helping you identify seminal works and build upon existing research.
3. Saved Searches and Alerts: Set up alerts to receive notifications when new articles relevant to your topic appear. This keeps you at the forefront of your field.
Choosing Between Them: Google Scholar offers a broader search across the web, while JSTOR provides a more focused collection of academically vetted sources. Use both in tandem for a comprehensive research strategy.
Part 2: Organizing the Chaos – From Drafts to Masterpieces
With research underway, the next hurdle is organizing your findings. Thankfully, digital note-taking apps like Evernote can be your savior.
Evernote: Your digital research vault
Evernote functions as a multi-functional information hub.
Evernote’s Powerhouse Features:
1. Text, Audio, and Image Capture: Capture ideas in various formats, including typed notes, voice recordings, and images of handwritten notes or scanned documents.
2. Organization and Tagging: Organize your notes using notebooks and tags, making it easy to find specific information later.
3. Web Clipper Integration: Save relevant web pages directly into Evernote, including text snippets, images, and links.
4. Collaboration: Share notes and collaborate with your peers on research projects.
Mastering Evernote for Thesis Success:
1. Create Subject-Specific Notebooks: Dedicate notebooks to different aspects of your thesis topic.
2. Maintain a Master Bibliography: Use a dedicated notebook to compile references you encounter during research.
3. Organize Quotes and Excerpts: Tag key quotes and excerpts with relevant keywords for easy retrieval.
4. Record Brainstorming Sessions: Use Evernote’s audio recording feature to capture fleeting ideas for future exploration.
Part 3: Roadmap to Success – Project Management Magic
With Evernote keeping your research organized, it’s time for project management tools to keep you on track. Trello, a popular visual project management platform, can be your guiding light.
Trello: Your thesis roadmap
Trello uses boards with lists and cards to visually represent your project progress.
Trello’s Advantages for Thesis Writers:
1. Visualizing Your Thesis Journey: Break down your thesis into manageable tasks within lists, and visualize your progress as you move cards across stages.
2. Setting Deadlines and Reminders: Assign deadlines to each task card and receive timely reminders to stay on schedule.
3. Collaboration Made Easy: Share your Trello board with your advisor or fellow researchers for collaborative brainstorming and task management.
Optimizing Trello for Your Thesis:
1. Create Lists for Different Stages: Set up lists like “Research,” “Outline,” “Writing,” “Revision,” and “Final Draft.”
2. Break Down Research Objectives: Within the “Research” list, create cards for specific sources you need to explore.
3. Track Writing Progress: Divide your writing into chapters or sections and create cards for each one, tracking progress as you write drafts.
4. Add Resources and Deadlines: Attach relevant research articles or outline notes to each card and set realistic deadlines to stay focused.
Part 4: Unveiling the Data – Statistical Power
If your research involves quantitative data analysis, statistics software like SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) becomes your secret weapon.
SPSS: Unveiling insights from data
SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) is a robust tool for quantitative data analysis, allowing you to explore relationships between variables, test hypotheses, and create data visualizations.
Unlocking the Power of SPSS:
1. Data Input and Cleaning: Enter your data into SPSS and utilize its cleaning tools to identify and address inconsistencies or missing values.
2. Statistical Analysis: Conduct various statistical tests depending on your research question. Explore correlations, conduct t-tests or ANOVAs, and analyze complex relationships.
3. Data Visualization: Create informative charts and graphs to visually represent your findings, making them easier to understand for yourself and your audience.
Part 5: Crafting Your Thesis – Writing and Polishing
With research organized, the project managed, and data analyzed, it’s time to translate your knowledge into a compelling thesis. Here, two writing powerhouses come into play:
Scrivener and MS Word: From drafts to polished prose
Scrivener : This software is designed specifically for writers, offering unique features to help you structure and organize your thesis.
Scrivener’s Strengths:
1. Corkboard Feature: Visually arrange your research notes, chapter outlines, and drafts on a digital corkboard for easy reorganization.
2. Focus Mode: Minimize distractions by hiding everything on the screen except the current section you’re working on.
3. Goal Setting and Tracking: Set daily writing goals and track your progress to maintain momentum.
MS Word : This ubiquitous word processor offers essential writing and editing tools.
MS Word’s Advantages:
1. Collaboration Tools : Share your thesis document with your advisor or peers for real-time feedback and collaborative editing.
2. Formatting and Styles: Utilize built-in styles and formatting options to ensure consistent formatting throughout your thesis.
3. Reference Management Tools: Integrate reference management software like Mendeley (mentioned later) for seamless in-text citations and bibliography creation.
Optimizing Your Writing Process:
1. Choose Your Weapon: Use Scrivener for initial brainstorming and organization, then switch to MS Word for fine-tuning formatting and referencing.
2. Utilize Templates: Both programs offer thesis templates to jumpstart your formatting process.
3. Embrace Collaboration: Share your drafts with others for constructive feedback and fresh perspectives.
Part 6: Extracting Text from Images – A Hidden Gem
Sometimes, your research may involve extracting text from images, such as scanned documents or screenshots. This is where Cardscanner.co comes in handy.
Cardscanner.co: Turning images into text
Cardscanner.co is an online OCR based Image to text converter which allows you to upload images, scanned documents, hand written notes and convert the text within them into editable digital format.
Cardscanner’s Benefits:
1. Effortless Text Extraction: Save time by quickly extracting text from images instead of manual retyping.
2. Supports Various Formats: Handle documents, scanned and printed images, hand written notes and more.
3. Batch Conversion: Allows you to process multiple files simultaneously and perform the text extracting conversion with complete accuracy.
4. Directly Export in Spreadsheet: Cardscanner also allows you to directly extract text from images containing any tabular data and export them directly into spreadsheets (XLSX, XLS, CSV).
5. Text Translation: With the translation feature, even if the image contains text in another language, the tool allows you to extract and translate the text without the need to translate it separately after extraction.
Part 7: Visual Storytelling – Infographics for Impact
Visuals can significantly enhance your thesis by making complex information more understandable and engaging. Here, two online infographic creation tools offer a helping hand:
Canva and Venngage: Simplifying visual communication
Canva and Venngage both are user-friendly platforms that provide a wide range of templates, icons, and design elements to create stunning infographics.
Canva and Venngage’s Advantages:
1. Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Easily design infographics without needing graphic design expertise.
2. Pre-designed Templates: Choose from a vast library of templates tailored to various topics and styles.
3. Collaboration Features: Work with your peers or advisor to create infographics collaboratively.
Tips for Creating Effective Infographics for Your Thesis:
1. Focus on Clarity: Keep your infographic focused on a single key message and avoid information overload.
2. Choose Data Wisely: Select the most impactful data points from your research to visually represent in your infographic.
3. Maintain Brand Consistency: Ensure your infographic aligns with the overall style and tone of your thesis.
Part 8: Citation Management Made Easy – Reference Powerhouse
Proper citation management is crucial for academic writing. Mendeley is a software specifically designed to streamline this process.
Mendeley: Your citation management ally
Mendeley helps you organize your research references, automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in various citation styles, and seamlessly integrate with writing software like MS Word.
Mendeley’s Benefits:
1. Reference Organization: Import references from various sources, including online databases and research papers.
2. Automatic Citation Generation: Generate in-text citations and bibliographies in the required format with a few clicks.
3. PDF Annotation and Highlighting: Annotate and highlight key passages within your research PDFs directly.
Part 9: Polishing Your Prose – Grammar and Plagiarism Checkers
Even the most meticulous researcher can benefit from a final polish. Here, two tools can empower you to deliver a grammatically sound and plagiarism-free thesis:
Trinka AI and Enago Plagiarism Checker : Ensuring Accuracy and Originality
Trinka AI : This online grammar checker utilizes AI technology to identify and correct grammatical errors, typos, and sentence structure issues.
Trinka AI’s Benefits:
1. Advanced Error Detection: Identifies a wider range of errors beyond basic grammar mistakes.
2. Contextual Analysis: Provides suggestions based on the context of your writing, ensuring appropriate phrasing.
3. Free Basic Plan: Offers a free plan with limited checks, with paid options for extended features.
Enago Plagiarism Checker : This online tool scans your thesis against a vast database of academic sources to identify unintentional plagiarism.
Enago Plagiarism Checker’s Advantages:
1. Peace of Mind: Ensures your work is original and avoids plagiarism accusations.
2. Detailed Report: Provides a report highlighting potential plagiarism instances with suggestions for correction.
3. Free Basic Version: Offers a free basic version with limited checks, with paid options for more comprehensive reports.
Final Words: A thesis triumph awaits!
With this arsenal of powerful tools at your disposal, you are well-equipped to navigate the research and writing journey with confidence. Remember, research and writing are iterative processes. Utilize these tools to organize your information, analyze data, craft compelling arguments, and present your findings in a clear and concise manner.
The path to a successful thesis may have its challenges, but with dedication and these tools as your allies, you can transform your research into a compelling and impactful document. Best of luck on your thesis journey!
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Online Thesis and Dissertation Formatting Workshop: Regular Session
June 27, 2024 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, about this event.
This online workshop covers the submission process for format review and demonstrates how to use the automated templates to format MSU theses and dissertations to the requirements set forth in the Standards for Preparing Theses and Dissertations: 8th edition. These templates were designed to help an author organize and format their document with minimal effort so that their focus can be on the content of their document. Those who have already started writing or have already defended are welcome to bring their current documents (either on flash drive or email attachment) to start the process of placing their content into the template.
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You may also want to consult these sites to search for other theses: Google Scholar; 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 ...
Over the last 80 years, ProQuest has built the world's most comprehensive and renowned dissertations program. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global), continues to grow its repository of 5 million graduate works each year, thanks to the continued contribution from the world's universities, creating an ever-growing resource of emerging research to fuel innovation and new insights.
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.
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.
Global ETD Search. Search the 6,479,306 electronic theses and dissertations contained in the NDLTD archive: advanced search tips how to contribute records.
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) ™ database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities. Within dissertations and theses is a wealth of scholarship, yet ...
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). We support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.
Dissertations and Theses Full-Text Global ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. Includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global™ database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from thousands of universities around the world. Each month ProQuest posts the top 25 Most-Accessed Dissertations and Theses across all subjects, based upon total document views.
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 ...
Database of free, open access full-text graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Direct Link. University of Southern California. 3550 Trousdale Parkway. Los Angeles , CA 90089.
The Harvard University Archives' collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University's history.. Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research ...
At the Library: Dissertations: From 2012 onwards, dissertations are only available online. See above links. Master's theses: From 2020 onwards, theses are only available online.See above links. To locate older dissertations, master's theses, and master's projects in print, search UC Library Search by keyword, title or author. For publications prior to 2009 you may also include a specific UC ...
This series contains open access dissertations that students have wished to make openly available. The full-text content is available to all, although some theses may have embargoes. If an embargo exists the date will be listed instead of the download button. The download button will appear once a dissertation is no longer embargoed.
The UBC Theses and Dissertations collection promotes open and comprehensive access to a significant body of unique knowledge created by graduate students to sup. Search. ... UBC graduate students began submitting their theses online via cIRcle, UBC's digital repository, in fall 2007, a practice that both simplified the submission process and ...
Proquest Dissertations & Theses. The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
Description: An index of over 1.6 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online. Materials Indexed: Books, Theses & Dissertations Database Type: Electronic Book Collection, Full Text Collection Interface Language: English ...
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). NDLTD is the biggest consortium worldwide for online dissertations. Australasian Digital Theses Program (Australia + New ...
It also contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. It offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe. Time Span: 1861 to present.
An Electronic Thesis or Dissertation (ETD) is a document that reports the research of a graduate student. The Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida catalog, preserve, and provide access to the dissertations and theses produced in support of graduate degree programs at UF. UF's electronic theses and dissertations reside in the ...
UK theses and dissertations from EThOS. The Electronic Theses Online System (EThOS) offers free access to the full text of UK theses. EThOS offers a one stop online shop providing free access to UK theses. EThOS digitizes theses on request into PDF format, this may require payment. EThOS is managed by the British Library in partnership with a ...
How to search for Harvard dissertations. DASH, Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard, is the university's central, open-access repository for the scholarly output of faculty and the broader research community at Harvard.Most Ph.D. dissertations submitted from March 2012 forward are available online in DASH.; Check HOLLIS, the Library Catalog, and refine your results by using the Advanced ...
All theses written prior to Fall 2010 are available at EKU Libraries in the Silent Study Zone located on the 4th floor of the University Building. Browse the list of print theses written prior to Fall 2010. To browse these theses and dissertations by academic department or program, please go to the Colleges, Departments, or Administrative Unit ...
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 ...
Education (PhD) Dissertations. Below is a selection of dissertations from the Attallah College of Educational Studies. Additional dissertations from years prior to 2019 are available through the Leatherby Libraries' print collection or in Proquest's Dissertations and Theses database. Follow.
Here are two essential online tools to kickstart your search: Google Scholar and JSTOR: Unearthing scholarly gems. These academic search engines are goldmines for researchers. Google Scholar scours the web for scholarly articles, theses, books, and abstracts across a wide range of disciplines. JSTOR delivers a curated collection of high-quality ...
A thesis ( pl.: theses ), or dissertation [note 1] (abbreviated diss. ), [2] is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings. [3]
Given that the number of students enrolled in doctoral programmes is increasing, 'doctoral students are in desperate need of help with their dissertations' (Paré et al., Citation 2009, p. 183), and a thesis discussion is particularly hard to write, more studies on doctoral students' needs for the discussion chapter are needed. We ...
This online workshop covers the submission process for format review and demonstrates how to use the automated templates to format MSU theses and dissertations to the requirements set forth in the Standards for Preparing Theses and Dissertations: 8th edition. These templates were designed to help an author organize and format their document with minimal effort so that their focus can be on the ...