Theses and dissertations

Make use of the tabs below to learn how to access GCU dissertations and the way to find United kingdom and worldwide theses.

If you want help sourcing a thesis, please contact the educational librarian team who will help you.

EThOS (e-theses online service) may be the UK’s national thesis service which aims to supply the nation’s aggregated record of doctorate theses awarded by United kingdom Greater Education institutions. The database is growing which is wished that eventually most is going to be freely readily available for download. EThOS may be the authoritative source for GCU doctorate theses. EThOS is definitely an open access resource however, you must on line to be able to download a complete text thesis.

Theses that are around for immediate download display a PDF icon or perhaps an open access icon (or both):

• A PDF icon‌ ‌signifies the thesis continues to be digitised already and it is open to download from EThOS.
• A wide open access icon signifies the thesis obtainable in the awarding institution’s repository.‌‌

In which a thesis is unavailable for fast download you have to request digitisation. Usually this takes around per month. Many awarding institutions covers the price of digitisation where this is actually the situation you need to stick to the process below. However in which the awarding institution doesn’t meet the price of digitisation electric power charge is going to be proven. If you’re a GCU investigator or a staff member, please don’t proceed using the order. Rather, call us with information on the thesis you would like and we’ll consider meeting the price for you personally.

To download a thesis from EThOS in order to request digitisation, follow these instructions:

• Look for a thesis in the EThOS homepage.
  

  Search tips can be found.

• Around the results screen click on the title from the thesis you need to read.
• This can open a webpage with choices for download:
  • When the thesis was already digitised click Thesis readily available for immediate download to sign in.
  • When the thesis is not digitised click Choose download delivery options to sign in.
• Once logged in you’ll be requested to select a delivery option. In which the thesis was already digitised or even the awarding institution covers the price of digitisation, the price for download (proven in red) is going to be zero. Stick to the onscreen instructions to include the product for your basket. There are more delivery possibilities including DVD, loose leaf or bound paper copies. You’ll have to cover the price of these delivery methods yourself.
• Inside your basket choose the thesis you need to download and click on Confirm. The following screen confirms the transaction and displays the EThOS conditions and terms. After you have decided to these click Create order .
• Around the next screen click Download to gain access to the EThOS download manager. This site provides info on the program needed to gain access to a thesis. Select your thesis and click on Download .

Print copies of GCU doctorate theses are deposited using the Library. Should you urgently require use of a GCU thesis that has not yet been digitised via EThOS contact Archives and Special Collections. Appointments can be found from Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.45pm. We try to respond within 48 hrs (excluding weekends).

Print theses are suitable for reference only use and therefore are retained indefinitely.

There are lots of open access services readily available for non-United kingdom theses.

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is definitely an worldwide organisation promoting the creation, use, discovery and upkeep of electronic theses and dissertations worldwide. The web site supplies a listing based on country or continent of open access theses repositories and databases including for instance:

DART-Europe E-theses Portal – a searchable database of theses from participating research libraries and consortia across Europe with full backlinks.

PQDT Open a database of United States open access theses.

The library holds an array of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations entirely text on the internet and in publications. Dissertations are deposited using the library by academic departments. Undergraduate dissertations are retained for 3 many are just available on the web. Postgraduate dissertations are retained indefinitely (using the agreement from the academic department). A few of these can be found in print.

Make use of the library catalogue to locate these. Searching for the dissertations we hold, or search by keyword to locate one on the subject you are looking at.

A keyword look for:

• Glasgow Caledonian dissertation

will retrieve all of the dissertations we hold.

A keyword look for:

• Glasgow Caledonian dissertation health

will retrieve any dissertations using the word ‘health’ within the catalogue record for your work.

The entire text files are stored on GCU Learn so you’ll be motivated to go in your Domain password to spread out the document.

Academic departments who’ve not selected to deposit example dissertations using the library may have a selection available inside the department which you’ll consult.