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Dissertations, ETDs,Thesis
Introduction
Finding dissertations can be tricky. This guide is intended to assist you with information about your various search options:
Ways to find Dissertations and Theses
- The catalog
- Proquest
- The ETD databases (for UNT dissertations since 1999)
---New: ETD Search Help page via the UNT digital library - Microforms
- Interlibrary Loan via your ILLIAD account.
-- Fill out the form (one per request). Some limitations.
Note that the library does not have the rights to alter access or content to the dissertations, as the author owns the copyright. There will not be many print dissertations housed at the UNT Libraries.
Graduate Reader -- UNT Dissertations
Contact for dissertations not accessible via UNT catalog or databases: If you are requesting a copy of UNT dissertation that you could not find in the collection, including the ETD database then you can
Contact the Graduate Reader, Jill Kleister at: jkleister@unt.edu
Department: Graduate School Office Telephone: 940-565-4933
Office Location: Eagle Student Services Center 354
Electronic Access Quick Links
Theses and dissertations represent a wealth of scholarly and artistic content created by masters and doctoral students in the degree-seeking process. One of the first American universities to require ETDs for graduation, UNT began accepting theses and dissertations in electronic format in 1999. They are now available full-text in the Digital Collections. (Questions? Contact Daniel.Alemnah@unt.edu) New: ETD Search Help page via the UNT digital library
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Dissertations & Theses
This page explains ways to search and access a dissertation or a thesis.
Dissertation tips website:
Demystifying the Dissertation Series from Inside Higher Ed:
This series by Peg Boyle Single is very helpful for doctoral students working on their dissertations.
- Don't Stare at Blank Screen
- Piles, Stacks, Folders
- Too Much to Say (part 1)?
- Too Much to Say (part 2)?
- A Regular Writing Routine
