Social Science electronic resources: Dissertations

Except where stated, titles listed here are only available within the Library - access from outside the Library is not available for licensing reasons.

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Title	Brief description	Format
DART-Europe	Access to 200,000 full-text theses from 324 European universities.
Index to Theses	This database covers theses accepted by universities in Great Britain and Ireland from 1716 onwards, with abstracts from 1970. The full-text of many of the theses included may be consulted via EThOS, the British Library's Electronic Theses Online Service. This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations	International collection of full text theses, not including the UK. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses	Index of North American and European doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. A large number of the titles are available in full text. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Period covered: 1861-. This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.