Western Language Theses/Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new windowTheses and dissertations from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities in North America and from around the globe.Theses offers UCSB users access to UC dissertations in full-text digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward.
- Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new windowAn index of over 1.6 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new windowThe 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.
Interlibrary Loan
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Chinese Language Theses/Dissertations
- CNKI Thesis & Dissertation Database 中国知网硕博论文 This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to theses and dissertations from a selection of major universities in China published since 1984. Access includes all non-STEM modules.
Japanese Language Theses/Dissertations
- CiNii DissertationsIncludes Japanese doctoral dissertations held and digitized by the National Diet Library and those held by universities' institutional repositories.
- IRDB Institutional RepositoriesIncludes theses and dissertations deposited in the institutional repositories of Japanese universities.
Korean Language Theses/Dissertations
- KERIS RISS databaseTheses and dissertations from South Korea universities. Some are accessible free of charge.
Note: Need to register to use this service. - National Assembly Library's Dissertation DatabaseTheses and dissertations in Social Science areas received by the National Assembly Library. Some are accessible free of charge. Note: Need to register to use this service.