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1 Discovering doctoral theses Laura Jeffrey Researcher Training Librarian

2 Course outline Durham theses – Print and electronic – Catalogue and Durham e-Theses Theses in the UK – Index to theses – EThOS International theses – ProQuest Digital Dissertations – DART, ADT, OAIster Finding theses

3 Thesis submission at Durham You will have to submit a hard bound copy and an electronic thesis E-theses are available to anyone, anywhere in the world Think about third-party copyright and use of research data from human subjects Consider what you want to do with your research after you pass

4 Durham theses Catalogue – Search by author, keyword, title – Find print and e-theses (limit to e-book) – Thesis request form for confined consultation – Browse via web pages E-theses – Additional search/browse options including full- text

5 Theses in the UK Index to theses – Bibliographic details – Advanced search options EThOS – Full text available – Full text scanned for free – Full text available for a fee

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10 Hands on Try to find a Durham thesis using – Catalogue – E-Theses Try the following databases – Index to Theses (via catalogue) – EThOS (freely available) – you will need to register to download a thesis www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/theses/

11 International Theses Subscription – ProQuest Digital Dissertations for US and Canada ProQuest Digital Dissertations Open Access – DART – European portal – Australasian Digital Thesis Programme – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations – OAIster (limit to Content type = thesis)

12 Theses at other institutions For those not covered by above services – Look at institutional catalogues and web pages – Document Delivery Service Document Delivery Service

13 Hands-on Look for full-text theses using ProQuest Digital Dissertations Try the following open access resources – DART – European theses – Australasian Digital Theses – Networked Digital Library – OAIster www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/theses/

14 Evaluation Please give your feedback on today’s session using the short questionnaire in front of you Thank you!


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