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Dissertation and Thesis Search Strategies
Looking for dissertations on a particular topic to complete your research or determine whether your proposal will be a unique topic? Increasingly full text dissertations are freely available, though a thorough search means searching multiple resources and consulting your local librarian.
- Start with a Google or Google Scholar search on your topic.
- To see the dissertations (in all formats) held at UVA, check our local catalog Virgo.
- For UVA theses & dissertations available online, check our Libra Repository results.
- Many older dissertations are still only available in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
- WorldCat is also a good source for older titles.
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD.org) has titles and abstracts of theses from over 1100 institutions around the world, including UVA that are free and publicly available.
- Ask your Subject Librarian or check the Subject Guide for your area.
Dissertation Search Tools
- Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowThese dissertations are available through ProQuest to UVa Patrons only. If you need access to one of these works, please "Ask a Librarian": http://www.library.virginia.edu/askalibrarian/
- Virgo Thesis/DissertationVirgo, UVa's online catalog, provides discovery of all theses and dissertations originating at the University of Virginia as well as many others. Newer theses and dissertations are accessible online. See the link below to search those UVA theses and dissertations online.
- Virgo Online Thesis/DissertationsSearch for UVa Theses and Dissertations that are available online in the Libra Repository.
- Ethos( UK dissertations & theses)UK dissertations & theses are discoverable from the EThoS service of the British Library. Please see the FAQ for more information on searching and availability: http://ethos.bl.uk/Faq.do
- Center for Research LibrariesA good source for dissertations from around the world.