Professional Seminar Research Resources: Theses & Dissertations
Resources for Writing
Check out some of our books geared toward helping you write your thesis or dissertation. These are just a sampling--we have many more resources for writing dissertations and theses!
How to Design, Write, and Present a Successful Dissertation Proposal by ISBN: 9781452257884
Surviving Your Dissertation by ISBN: 9781412916783
Writing Your Doctoral Dissertation or Thesis Faster by ISBN: 9781452274157
Finding Theses & Dissertations
A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification. Theses have been published at Virginia Tech since 1903. Theses and dissertations have been submitted electronically since 1996, with most of these freely available online. The Virginia Tech Libraries owns few theses or dissertations published at other colleges and universities; expect to obtain most of these documents via interlibrary loan. In addition to the search tools referenced below, most subject specific databases (like PsycInfo, Sociological Abstracts, and Engineering Village) will provide citations for theses and dissertations in their covered fields.
Read more about searching for theses and dissertations at Virginia Tech here.
- Virginia Tech ETDs 2013-PresentUse this resource to search for Virginia Tech ETDs published from 2013-present. You can browse by author, department, title, subject, or year.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
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Includes more than 2.7 million citations to dissertations and theses from around the world along with more than 1.2 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. More than 70,000 new full-text dissertations and theses are added yearly. Use ILLiad to request non-full-text theses or dissertations. 1637-present, full-text dissertations 1997-present.
