Theses using their company universities

The Library holds some theses using their company universities, and offers use of thousands and thousands of others online. There are lots of national and worldwide websites and databases with lists of theses, some with full-text that you could download.

For British language theses, start with these collections:

Theses databases and websites

• Key resource: ProQuest Dissertations Theses
  Coverage is comprehensive for United States universities and you will find also theses from a number of other countries. Over 2,000,000 references, about 1,000,000 open to download.

• EDTs@VT
  Full-text electronic dissertations and theses (EDT) in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Condition College.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  NDLTD features a internet search engine for electronic theses and dissertations.
• Theses Canada

• Key resource: Trove
  Over 250,000 theses created at Australian universities, as well as many from Nz.

• NZresearch.org
  This can be a gateway to spread out-access research documents, for example theses, created at universities, polytechnics, along with other research institutions in Nz.
• Te Puna National Union Catalogue
  Catalogue of libraries throughout Nz.
• Nz Educational Theses Database
• Informit
  The Informit database collection includes citations to theses in Australian heritage, criminology, education, atmosphere, sport.

• Key resource: EThOS
  The British Library’s Electronic Theses Online Service. Search across 250,000 theses and order full-text.

• DART-Europe E-Theses Portal
  Use of 220,000 full-text research theses, sourced from European universities.
• Tesis Doctorales (TESEO)
  Abstracts of theses from Spanish universities.
• TDX – Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa
  Doctorate theses presented at some Spanish universities.
• Thses
  Citations and a few full-text French theses.
• DiVA Portal
  Theses from Scandinavian universities.
• Dissertation CIS
  British language citations for Russian theses.

• China Doctorate Dissertations Full-Text Database
  Doctorate dissertations from Chinese universities, with full-text use of literature, history, philosophy, politics, military matters, law, education, and social sciences since 1999.
• China Masters Theses Full-Text Database
  Masters theses from Chinese universities, with full-text use of literature, history, philosophy, politics, military matters, law, education, and social sciences since 2000.
• IndCat
  Union catalogue of Indian universities.
• NUS Theses Collection
  National College of Singapore also it predecessors from 1947 to the current.

• Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
  Open-access theses and dissertations freely offered by over 800 institutions worldwide.
• Open Thesis
  A totally free repository of theses along with other research.
• Theological Research Exchange Network
  References to theological theses and dissertations.

Theses happening

There’s not one comprehensive listing for those theses happening. However there are a variety of web sites and publications which list current research, and lots of college departments list theses happening.

Use Google Scholar to look for the phrases “PhD happening ” or “thesis happening “.

They are some websites with theses happening:

• American Historic Association Directory of Dissertations happening
  Dissertations happening at 170 History departments in Canada and also the U.S.
• DDM Doctorate Dissertations In Musicology-Online
• Fichier Central plusieurs Theses
  French theses happening in Lettres Sciences humaines et sociales Thologie Droit Science politique Sciences conomiques Sciences de gestionin.
• THESA
  French theses happening in sciences de l’ingnieur, conomie, gestion.
• History On-Line
  Lists of theses happening all the universities from the Uk.
• PhDdata
  This can be a new and developing site, with only a couple of 1000 theses, but it features a database of doctorate dissertations happening all over the world.