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Electronic Resources:

• Dissertation Abstracts - UW restricted
  Includes citations for dissertations ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester; represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.
• MLA International Bibliography - UW restricted
  
Includes citations for disserations beginning in 1969. Limit search to document type "dissertation abstract."
• OCLC WorldCat - UW restricted
• Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland - UW restricted
Includes citations to 466,921 theses since 1986. For earlier materials, see print edition below.
• UW Libraries Catalog
Search the catalog to find UW disserations by department. Search by Genre/Form with the following combination of terms: "theses english" or "theses comparative literature."

Print Resources:

The following sources are all located in Suzzallo Reference:

• Index to Theses Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland, (1950-1985) - Z5055.G69 I55
• Retrospective Index to Theses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1716-1950 - Z5055.G69 R48
• Theses in English literature, 1894-1970 - Z2011.H58
• Theses in American literature, 1896-1971 - Z1225.H68
• Dissertations on Anglo-Irish Drama: a Bibliography of Studies, 1870-1970 - Z2039.D7 M54
• Dissertations in English and American Literature: Theses Accepted by Austrian, French and Swiss Universities 1875-1970 - Z5055 A9 G2 
• Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures: a Selective Bibliography to 1970, with a List of Theses and Dissertations - Z2000.9 .N48
• Canadian Literature: an Index to Theses Accepted by Canadian Universities, 1925-1980 - PR9184.3 .G32 1984 
• Theses on English-Canadian Literature: a Bibliography of Research Produced in Canada & Elsewhere from 1903 Forward - PR9184.3 .S68 1988 
• Southern Literary Culture: a Bibliography of Masters' and Doctors' Theses - Z1251.S7 C3 1979
• An Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old English Language and Literature - Z2012 .P85 1988 
• Master's Theses in the Arts and Social Sciences (1976-1990) - Z5055.U39 M32
• Style and Policy Manual for Theses and Dissertations (University of Washington Graduate School) - LB2369 .U57 2000

Other:

UW Graduate School - Policy and Style Manual for Theses and Dissertations