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Dissertations and Theses from the University of Colorado at Boulder
In Print
Search Chinook Library Catalog
- The catalog treats theses and dissertations like books. Search by author, title, or keyword.
- In Chinook, the term THESIS denotes both Masters' theses and dissertations.
- A keyword search for "thesis" and the department name will find all theses and dissertations produced in that department. For example, search for THESIS and COMPUTER SCIENCE .
The call number for UCB theses and dissertations begin with the letter "T," followed by the year of the thesis and then a code matching the author's last name.
Location
- Pre-1953 is housed in the Archives.
- 1953-1998 are housed in PASCAL.
- 1999-present are available in the Norlin Stacks or the corresponding library for the academic department: Art/Architecture, Business, Earth Sciences/Maps, Engineering, Math/Physics, Music or Science.
Online
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I CU
The full text of dissertations produced at any campus of the University of Colorado system from 1997 to the present are available as free PDF downloads. To initiate the free download, click on the "Full Text - PDF" link that appears underneath the citation and abstract information of the dissertation you'd like to see.
Dissertations and Theses from Other Institutions
Faculty, staff and students of the University of Colorado at Boulder may request titles identified through the following resources through ILLiad , our online interlibrary loan management system.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I
Provides abstracts of dissertations and some master's theses from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and, to a lesser and more selective extent, other countries. CU
ABI/Inform Global
This subscription database contains the full-text of over 10,000 dissertations in business and management. Under "publication type, select "dissertations." CU
WorldCat
Contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Limit results by subtype to "thesis/dissertation." CU
A number of universities have their own theses available for free online.
Consult directly any institution of interest. What follows is only a selective listing.
California Institute of Technology
North Carolina State University
OhioLINK
University of Florida
University of Virginia
Dissertations and Theses from Other Countries
Faculty, staff and students of the University of Colorado at Boulder may request titles identified through the following resources through ILLiad , our online interlibrary loan management system.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - A&I
Provides abstracts of dissertations and some master's theses from the United States, Canada, Great Britain and, to a lesser and more selective extent, other countries. CU
Center for Research Libraries: Foreign Doctoral Dissertations
CRL's Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database. CRL has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign doctoral dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database.
Australia/Asia
Australasian Digital Thesis Program
Offers nearly 4,000 titles from different institutions are available full-text in PDF.
Brazil
Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações
Theses and Dissertations of Brazilian universities and libraries available online.
Canada
Theses Canada Portal (National Library of Canada)
Free access to full text versions of Canadian theses and dissertations digitized between 1998 and 2002. By 2002, there were over 220,000 theses and dissertations in the collection. Approximately 11,000 more are added annually. CU
France
Sudoc (Système universitaire de documentation)
Sudoc is a gateway to academic libraries and other scholarly centers and library collections in France. The database includes records of dissertations produced in French institutions. For searching instructions, select "Rechercer une thèse" at bottom of screen.
For instructions on how to obtain theses/dissertations from France go to http://www.abes.fr/ and select "Services," then "Thèses," then "Rechercer une thèse."
Germany
Subject Guide for German Language and Literature: Finding German Dissertations
Great Britain and Ireland
Index to Theses
Index to Theses provides a comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Provides total bibliographic control of all theses ever produced by British and Irish Universities. Full abstracts included from 1970. CU
Spain and Portugal
Iberian Studies in SALALM: Dissertations and Theses
Switzerland
Helveticat
The catalog of The Swiss National Library, Helveticat has a copy of dissertations written in that country. Add the word “diss” to search terms in order to retrieve dissertations.
Other Resources
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
An international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations.
PhdData (The Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress)
This site holds a database of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.
Dissertation.com
CU = Resources marked with this symbol are available in campus libraries and to students, staff, and faculty via the campus network. Use of these resources is subject to copyright laws and license limitations. Remote access information.
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