Find Dissertations and Theses

General Dissertations and Theses

• Use Digital Dissertations (Library Home Page > Indexes and Databases A-Z > D > Digital Dissertations)
  
  • Includes dissertations and theses from over 550 universities
  • Searchabe by author, title, school, and date
  • Write down the title, author, school, and date
• Use MNCAT (Library Home Page>Books and More>Search MNCAT) to see if the Libraries own the dissertation or thesis you found while searching Digital Dissertations.
  1. Search by author
  2. Write down the dissertation's or thesis' location and call number.

Dissertations and Theses Written at the University of Minnesota

• Use MNCAT (Library Home Page>Books and More>Search MNCAT)
  1. Select Advanced Search (above search box)
  2. Type in your search in the first search box; choose appropriate setting in Combine drop-down box
  3. Type the word "thesis" in the next search box
  4. Write down the location and call number

For a more detailed description on U of M specific theses and dissertations visit "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 http://www.ndltd.org/
• Center for Research Libraries - nearly 800,000 - international in scope http://www-apps.crl.edu/catalog/dissertationSearch.asp
• DART-Europe e thesis portal (>130,000 theses, 244 institutions, 16 countries) http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php
• Canadian http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/6/4/index-e.html
• Great Britain (beta, you don't have to log in to search) http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
• Australasian Digital Theses Program http://adt.caul.edu.au/
• Sweden http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/searchadthe.jsf
• Helsinki http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/en/
• University of Pretoria http://upetd.up.ac.za/UPeTD.htm
• DissOnline http://www.dissonline.de/index.htm
• 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: http://www.nationallibraries.org/

Condensed from CRL PowerPoint presentation, Access to Academic Theses and Dissertations Amy Wood, Director of Technical Services, CRL & Marie Waltz Special Projects Librarian, CRL Feb. 24, 2010