1. WISER: Focus on… Theses and Dissertations This session offers guidance on finding theses, both those held in Oxford University Libraries and those from other institutions in the UK and abroad. It will demonstrate how to exploit the main sources of information for theses and dissertations: OLIS; Index to Theses (UK and Ireland); Dissertation and Theses. Rob Wilkes & Mat Andrews

2. What will you learn in this session? How to use OLIS and other catalogues to find Oxford and other universities’ theses in Oxford University Libraries How to find theses relevant to your research held elsewhere in the world How to obtain copies of theses not held in Oxford How to undertake basic searches on Index to Theses and Dissertations and Theses

3. Oxford theses in Oxford University Libraries l Radcliffe Science Library: science theses (D.Phil. and M.Sc.) l Central Bodleian: non-science theses (D.Phil., M.Litt./B.Litt., M.Phil./ B.Phil. and B.D.). Consulted in Duke Humfrey’s Library, and music theses also in the New Bodleian Reading Room l Law Library: Law l Commonwealth and African Studies (Rhodes House) Library: Sub-Saharan Africa and Commonwealth (except south Asia) l Vere Harmsworth Library: United States l Social Science Library: Economics M.Phils 2000 -

4.  OLIS: all non-science D.Phils, all non-science masters theses from 1994, all Law theses, all postgraduate science theses from 1995, all science D.Phils from 1988.  Card catalogues (theses not on OLIS):  RSL Lankester Room (postgraduate science);  Duke Humfrey (postgraduate non-science)  Index to Theses via OxLIP: for bibliographic details of theses not on OLIS Oxford theses: catalogues

5. Finding Oxford University theses on OLIS by author or faculty Author keyword search (aw=): Main entry (the author): Maas, Korey. Added entries (the corporate body): University of Oxford. Faculty of Theology. Thesis. - pre-2000, a single entry (Faculty); - post-2000, three entries (Division, Faculty/Sub-Faculty/Department, and College)

6. Finding Oxford University theses on OLIS by title Title keyword search (tw=): Main entry (the title): Robert Barnes (1495-1540) as historical theologian Note: will also find keywords in Uniform Title (for works of which a thesis is an edition under a variant title), and in Added Title Entry (where title page differs from Official Title given in published University lists)

7. Subject keyword search (sw=): Barnes, Robert, 1495-1540. Theology, Doctrinal -- History. (Library of Congress Subject Headings) Note: Subject entries gather under one heading works whose titles may express the subject under many different terms. A subject heading must represent at least 20 per cent of the catalogued work. Finding Oxford University theses on OLIS by subject

8. Notes keyword search nw=: Supervisor: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch. Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2005. Bibliography: leaves 264-274. Note: For post-2000 theses, find here the supervisor’s name. For all theses, find here the degree given. Finding Oxford University theses on OLIS by type of degree

9. Undertaking a combined search: Sometimes, it is necessary to use all these search terms but, in this case, the author keywords thesis and maas would be sufficient Author keyword = thesis and maas and Subject keywords robert barnes and Notes keyword d.phil. would find this thesis. aw=thesis maas sw=robert barnes nw=d.phil.

11. Finding theses written at other universities and held in Oxford Try OLIS! (nw=thesis may help) Bodleian card catalogue of pre-1973 foreign dissertations – ask in the Special Collections Reading Room. Includes: l American PhD theses on film l (Continental) European PhD print theses Electronic dissertation collections via OxLIP or http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/readerserv/reference/theses.html N.B: some theses may take up to a week to arrive

12. Bodleian Dissertation Bingo N.B: some theses may take up to a week to arrive

13. Finding British and Irish theses Index to Theses: via OXLIP or at: http://www.theses.com/ Copies from British Library Theses Service Inter-library loans: Printout from Index to Theses, plus completed application form and Thesis Declaration Form

14. Finding American (U.S.) theses Dissertation and Theses via OXLIP. A 24-page preview is available for American dissertations from 1997 onwards. Copies can be ordered via Dissertations and Theses Inter-library loans: Printout from Dissertation and Theses, with your name and email address Or contact your subject consultant: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/librarians

15. Finding other theses l Dissertation and Theses: Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden…. l National union and national library catalogues: e.g. France’s BN catalogue and SudocBNSudoc l Other theses – only databases: e.g. TESEO (Spanish)TESEO Further links and information at: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/readerserv/reference/theses.html l International union catalogues: WorldCat, Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (can search many...) l Subject bibliographical databases: RILM l COPAC: British research libraries union catalogue

16. Index to Theses Liberation Theology Gareth Stedman Jones labour Dissertation and Theses Liberation Theology John S. North Tennyson

17. Index to Theses European Union and Bulgaria Sarah E. Lees Commune Nicholas von Maltzahn Milton Dissertation and Theses European Union and Bulgaria

18. All those consulting Oxford theses must sign a form at the front of the thesis recognising the author’s copyright. Remember! If you are using a print copy of a thesis borrowed from another university, please check to see if you need to sign a form at the front of the thesis.

19. Ask an Oxford Librarian: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ask/ (2)77045 oxford.theses@ouls.ox.ac.ukoxford.theses@ouls.ox.ac.uk Main Enquiry Desk (2)77162 Any questions?