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How do I find full-text Dissertations and Theses?
At the UW
To locate dissertations & master's theses written at the UW:
- ResearchWorks at the University of Washington. Full text
dissertations. UW Restricted
More than 6600 dissertations produced at the University of Washington; full coverage from 1997-2008; sporadic coverage prior to 1997.
- Or search the UW Libraries Catalog:
- By author
- By title
- By genre & department - use the heading "theses" followed by the department:
- theses anthropology
- theses computer science
- theses pharmacology
- By topic - use the keywords search and combine the phrase "theses and" followed by a topical keyword(s):
- theses and salmon habitat
- theses and shakespeare
- theses and japan and history
Elsewhere
- Dissertation Abstracts/Proquest Dissertations Fulltext UW Restricted - More than 1 million full-text dissertations. For those dissertations not available in full-text, submit an interlibrary loan request to get a printed copy.
- Australian Digital Theses Program
- Cybertheses - French
- Electronic Theses & Dissertations - Virginia Tech
- Index to Theses UW Restricted- British
- Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations
- Theses Canada - recent dissertations can be downloaded in pdf format for free