Finding Theses
Finding Theses from Other Universities
If you're seeking particular theses from other Canadian universities, try the following databases:
- Theses Canada This link opens in a new windowFree access to theses and dissertations from participating Canadian universitiesTheses Canada, launched in 1965 at the request of the deans of Canadian graduate schools, is a collaborative program between Library and Archives Canada and Canadian universities. It strives to: acquire and preserve theses and dissertations from participating universities; provide free access to Canadian digital theses and dissertations in the collection; and facilitate access to non-digital theses and dissertations in the collection.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowSearchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world; Includes dissertations and theses produced by students at the University of Calgary.Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.
- Canadian Research Index This link opens in a new windowThis index consists of depository publications of research value issued by federal, provincial, and territorial governments.Canadian Research Index focuses on periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in general reference arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs. This index consists of depository publications of research value issued by federal, provincial , and territorial governments. Also includes hard-to-find non-depository publications; scientific and technical reports; policy, social economic and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs and serials.
If you're seeking particular theses from United State's universities, try the following databases:
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowSearchable and browsable database of disserations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1,743 to the present day.Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowWorldcat is a worldwide catalogue created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions.WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.
If you're seeking particular theses from other international universities, try the following databases:
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowSearchable and browsable database of disserations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1,743 to the present day.Searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowWorldcat is a worldwide catalogue created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions.WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.
- CRL library catalog This link opens in a new windowCRL provides access to a wide range of materials including newspapers, journals, books, pamphlets, dissertations, archives, government publications, and other resources.
- Access digitized content directly through CRL online catalog request other material through UofC Interlibrary Loans
Membership in Center for Research Libraries provides access to a wide range of uncommon materials, with a focus on news, law and government, finance, the history of science, technology and engineering, and the history and economics of agriculture. The approximately five million newspapers, journals, books, pamphlets, dissertations, archives, government publications, and other resources held by CRL support original research and teaching. CRL holdings include materials from all world regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central, South and Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. While these shared collections are largely paper and microform, CRL provides online access to a continually expanding body of digital materials. CRL digital collections of primary source materials support research and teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Other jurisdictions where theses may be found are:
- African Digital Research Repositories
Includes full text dissertations, theses, reports, journal articles from a range of academic institutions in Africa - Australian Theses | Trove
Trove is a good resource for health research that contains theses, long essays, or dissertations including Indigenous studies. Some of them are in print form only, some are available online in digital format. - British Library Ethos (EThOSnet)
It is the UK's national thesis services that includes approximately 380,000 records relating to theses from 120 institutions - DART-Europe E-these portal
Access to 1,389,942 open access research theses from 585 Universities in 29 European countries. - NDLTD Union Catalogue
A global organization focused on encouraging the use, creation, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) to promote electronic publishing and open access. - OATD (Open Access Theses and Dissertations)
Aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. OATD currently indexes 4,983,496 theses and dissertations. - Russia National Bibliography
A comprehensive bibliography of Russian printed works providing access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps.
Borrowing Theses from Other Universities
Current students, faculty and staff can request an item that the University of Calgary doesn't have in our library collection. Use the Interlibrary Loans Services (ILL) to obtain thesis that are not available from the library collection or any of the theses databases. The staff at the ILL unit will obtain the resource on your behalf and loan periods will be applicable depending on the lending institution. Please submit interlibrary loan at here: https://library.ucalgary.ca/services/interlibrary-loans.
To request an interlibrary loan:
- Select the Sign In icon and enter your University of Calgary login information
- Supply the information on the required fields - i.e. book, author, publication date, ISBN. Please note that adding in the ISBN (books) will help our system fill your request faster. If your item doesn't have an ISBN, type "Not applicable" in the box.
- Use the Comments/Notes field to provide additional details of the required thesis
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