Communication: Dissertations

The work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities in North America and from around the globe. Includes citations for dissertations published between 1891-present.Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.If it's a UC dissertation published after 1997, we have full-text access. If it's older or from elsewhere, use the Get it at UC button to submit an Inter-Library Loan request.

Note: While the records for each dissertation show a link to a full text PDF, these are PDFs of the original print index, NOT the dissertations themselves. (This is a discovery tool, not a full-text archive.)

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization that promotes creation, access to, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) from academic institutions around the world. The NDLTD Union Catalog provides access to over a million ETDs.

PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access.