Dissertations

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.

The Research Librarian for Engineering has created a STS Libguide with the most up to date information on locating 4th Year UVa Engineering Theses.

To learn more about UVA 4th Year Engineering theses, please check out Finding a Thesis in the Library guide.