How To Find Dissertations and Theses

Locating Dissertations and Theses

• Digital Dissertations
  
• Includes doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from major universities worldwide
• Searchable by author, title, school, and date
• More information about full text access and requesting through Interlibrary Loan
• NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  Provides free online access to a over a million theses and dissertations from all over the world.
• WorldCat Dissertations and Theses

University of Minnesota Dissertations and Theses

• Use MNCAT
  
• Type in the title or author and the word "thesis" in the search box
• Write down the location and call number

• Check the University Digital Conservancy for online access to selected dissertations and theses from 2007 to present.
• For more help check out "How to Find University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses."

Other Sources for Dissertations and Theses

• NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
• Center for Research Libraries - nearly 800,000 - international in scope
• DART-Europe e thesis portal - >130,000 theses, 244 institutions, 16 countries
• Theses Canada
• Ethos (Great Britain)
• Australasian Digital Theses Program
• DiVA (Sweden)
• Helsinki
• University of Pretoria
• DissOnline (Germany)
• Consolidation list of 195 national libraries worldwide, with links if available (by Texas A&M) - to search for a thesis when you know the institution and cannot find in the larger collections or in WorldCat