LibGuides: Graduate Research Portal: Finding Theses

University of Lethbridge Theses

You may find it useful to peruse theses in your area of research that have been completed at the University of Lethbridge. The following links let you browse U of L theses in the University's research repository, OPUS, grouped by the Faculty in which the theses were completed.

Finding Theses and Dissertations

Use the following tools and resources when searching for theses and dissertations. See also the section on institutional repositories below.

Summon
To find theses and dissertations using the University of Lethbridge Library’s Summon search function, check the “Dissertation” box beside “Show content type” and check the “Include results from outside your library’s collection” box at the bottom of the page.

Dissertations & Theses [via Web of Science] This link opens in a new window
Indexes over 2 million dissertations and theses completed at North American and European post-secondary institutions. Abstracts and 24‑page previews are available for most records. The full-text documents are generally not accessible through this resource. Use the advanced search function to limit your search to a particular institution, such as the University of Lethbridge.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Provides access to over 1.5 million theses and dissertations available from institutions worldwide. Select “Advanced search options” under the search box to limit your search by title, author, institution, subject, language, country, or date.
Theses Canada
Theses Canada, an initiative of Library and Archives Canada, aims to acquire and make available a comprehensive collection of Canadian theses and dissertations. Use the advanced search options to limit your search to a particular institution, year, or language. You may also limit your search to electronic theses.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Lists links to databases providing access to theses and dissertations authored at academic institutions around the world.
Electronic Theses Online System (eThOS)
Indexes over 380 000 doctoral theses from UK institutions. In many instances, full-text documents are provided.
American Doctoral Dissertations
Includes more than 153,000 theses and dissertations in total, including 70,000 new citations for theses and dissertations from 1902 to the present.

Research Repositories

A research repository (or institutional repository) is a digital collection of an institution's intellectual output. Repositories such as OPUS, the University of Lethbridge's research repository, preserve, and make publicly accessible the knowledge generated by academic institutions. Theses and dissertations authored by a university's students can often be found in the institution's research repository.

OPUS, the University of Lethbridge Research Repository – Theses
Provides access to over 850 theses and dissertations authored by University of Lethbridge researchers. These are also searchable through Summon and the library catalogue.
OpenDOAR
The Directory of Open Access Repositories, or OpenDOAR, provides a searchable list of institutional repositories around the world. Limit the content type to "theses" when looking for dissertations and theses.
Google Scholar
Because theses and dissertations are often available for free from universities’ IRs, they can often be found and accessed through a Google search. Once you are on the Google Scholar website, access Advanced Search via the menu icon in the top left corner of your screen.

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