We offer use of College of You are able to PhD/MPhil theses and Masters dissertations for people from the College and people to the Library. We will also help you to identify theses/dissertations using their company institutions.

Look for a You are able to thesis or dissertation

To locate physical/digitised theses:

1. Visit YorSearch
2. Select Advanced Search
3. In the Material Type drop lower menu, select Theses
4. Enter your research terms and click on Search

All available College of You are able to theses are available that way, including electronic versions locked in digital Library and White-colored Rose eTheses.

Clicking the search everything tab and performing looking above may also include PhD theses from Leeds and Sheffield universities held digitally on White-colored Rose eTheses.

What we should hold

PhD and MPhil theses

We contain the University’s PhD and MPhil theses, including physical copies as much as 2012.

White-colored Rose eTheses holds electronic copies from 2013 onwards, in addition to a choice of pre-2013 theses.

Masters dissertations

College of You are able to Masters dissertations for many subjects can be found from:

• You are able to Digital Library (digitally)
• JB Morrell Library (Booking necessary. See Talking to a thesis/dissertation tab.)
• King’s Manor Library (on outdoors shelves)

You are able to Digital Library holds electronic copies of:

• The archaeology of gortyn: selection from 1973 onwards together with a complete set during the last 5 years
• Center for Medieval Studies: selection from 1963 – 1999 and 2010 onwards
• History: selection from 2010 onwards
• Good reputation for Art: selection from 1995 onwards
• Management: complete set from 2010 onwards
• Social Policy and Social Work: selection from 2015 onwards

The JB Morrell Library holds some dissertations from 1977 to 2012 (but mostly in the last 10 years), from:

• The archaeology of gortyn
• Education
• Good reputation for Art
• Management
• Social Policy and Social Work
• and Women’s Studies

King’s Manor Library holds:

• Center for Medieval Studies dissertations from 2000 to 2011 (and a few from 1990 to 2000)
• Stained Glass Conservation dissertations as much as 2013
• 18th Century Studies dissertations

Undergraduate dissertations

You are able to Digital Library holds an array of undergraduate dissertations for several subjects. They’re:

• Financial aspects (selection from 2015)
• History (selection from 1967 onwards, including all from the past few years)
• Good reputation for Art (selection from 1997 onwards)

Talking to a thesis/dissertation within the Library

Some theses and dissertations are stored inside a secure store. To see them within the Library, you will have to request use of them via YorSearch.

To request a thesis or dissertation:

Note: theses or dissertations might not be taken off the Library.

Theses and dissertations are collected in the secure store a minimum of three occasions each day, at 10am, 2pm and 5pm. If at all possible we might be able to collect theses at other occasions.

We’ll give back an e-mail suggesting once the thesis/dissertation is able to collect in the Help-desk. The e-mail will explain how lengthy it will likely be restricted to you.

If you don’t need a product you’ve requested:

• Please cancel your request
• When the item is awaiting you to gather it, please call us to tell us you don’t need it

Use of theses for visitors

If you’re a person in another college, you are able to ask your house library to acquire a copy of the You are able to thesis for you personally.

If you are a independent investigator and wish to consult a You are able to thesis, call us and and we’ll create a request you. Whenever you arrived at the Library to make use of the thesis you’ll be requested to exhibit evidence of your identity, as well as your address.

Theses using their company universities

Theses using their company universities

You can test among the following services to locate theses by students using their company institutions.

• EThOS. PhD theses from most British greater education libraries made freely obtainable in PDF format. For helpful tips for EThOS, please visit:
  • Using PhD theses in research: EThOS
• White-colored Rose eTheses Online holds electronic, doctorate level theses in the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and You are able to
• Index to theses. index to British and Irish greater degree theses with abstracts (summaries) or brief information on each thesis
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. enables you to look for electronic theses from around the globe

If you cannot connect to the full text of the thesis you are thinking about, you are able to ask our Interlending and Document Supply Service to have it for you personally.

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