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Doctoral Research Toolkit: Full-text Dissertations - Online

Tools and information to support your success as a doctoral student.

Full-text Dissertations Online

Some authors choose to make their dissertations or theses available online either free of charge through open access or for a fee. Explore the links on this page for dissertations you can access online.

Finding Full-text Dissertations and Theses Online

National Library of Australia Trove Catalogue

From the National Library of Australia and focused on Australia and Australians. Many dissertations are freely available in PDF; some member institutions may charge a fee for full-text access to their dissertations.

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

An international consortium of educational institutions focused on the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) through open access to scholarship. Coverage is varied, but is greater after 1995.

PQDT Dissertation Express

If you still want to search outside our subscription to PQDT A&I, you may find mention of a relevant dissertation or theses in ProQuest Dissertation Express PQDT Dissertation Express. The free index is limited and basic but you can search with limited key words, author, etc. If you find one, or the one you are looking for, you can order and pay for it from this page. The overwhelming majority of online dissertation content is only available through commercial vendors for a fee.

PQDT Open

PQDT Open provides open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access. Open Access Publishing is a new service offered by ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing, and we expect to have many more open access dissertations and theses over time.

Theses Canada
Includes both dissertations and theses.

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The CSU librarians can support you during the research process with personalized reference services. We are happy to help you with the following tasks:

  • Accessing and using the CSU Library databases in order to create a peer-reviewed literature review with library resources
  • Using free personalized database folders within multiple database platforms to organize your research
  • Brainstorming keywords and recommending search limiters to use
  • Locating the dissertations and theses that may support and inform your research process