Online databases
Theses and Dissertations are major research projects conducted by senior university students, usually graduate students, as a degree requirement. To identify theses or dissertations, start with one of these databases:
- Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (ProQuest) 1861 to present
- North American and European coverage. Many recent items are available in full text.
- Theses Canada
- Index goes back to 1965; full text available for recent works from many institutions.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
- Repository for worldwide theses and dissertations.
- Digital Commons Network
- Content from hundreds of institutional repositories, many of which includes theses.
- Center for Research Libraries
- Lists more than 800,000 foreign, primarily European, doctoral dissertations.
Laurier theses and dissertations
The Library keeps two copies of all theses and dissertations completed at Laurier (UG and UW have a similar policy). Use the Omni search tool.
- Scholars Commons @ Laurier
- Most works completed after 1982 available in digital format
- Dissertations & Theses @ Wilfrid Laurier University
- Search all of the Laurier content from the ProQuest dissertation database.
Theses and dissertations on specific subjects
- America: History and Life
- 1954 to present. Limit to publication type: "Dissertation"
- ERIC (Education)
- 1966 to present. Limit to document type: Dissertations/theses
- Historical Abstracts
- 1954 to present. Limit to publication type: "Dissertation"
- CHA Dissertation Search
- On-line register of post-graduate dissertations in progress in history and related subjects
- PsycInfo
- 1887 to present. Limit to record type: "Dissertation"
- Sociological Abstracts
- 1963 to present. Limit to source type: "Dissertations & theses"
Obtaining theses and dissertations not available online or at the Laurier Library
Doctoral/masters theses can be borrowed from Ontario universities participating in Omni. For libraries outside of Omni, theses can be borrowed through interlibrary loans (RACER) if a circulating copy is available.
If the title you want is not available on loan, you may be able purchase a copy directly from University Microfilms International (UMI). If the title is not available from UMI, contact Interlibrary Loans for more information.