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OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) contains over 58,000 theses and dissertations from students at 31 of Ohio’s world-renowned academic institutions. In 2012, Google thanked OhioLINK for making ETD open-access content easier to find by Google Scholar. Theses and dissertations from Ohio’s academic institutions were downloaded more than six million times from researchers around the globe in 2015.

Consider reading this blog post to learn more about the upload process for theses and dissertations. And also check out our overview flyer  about the ETD Center.

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Most theses and disserations written by Ohio University students are in Alden Library's collection, or in the case of more recent ones, online. The links below go to records in our ALICE Catalog, which will provide location information for printed volumes, and links for online titles.

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Use the resources below to find theses and dissertations.  These tools can also be used to find  theses or dissertations written by Ohio University students . 

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I‎

The   ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I database  covers well over 2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses from around the world. The complete database includes citations going back to the year 1637. The type of coverage and availability of full text, however, varies by date:

• 1938-1980: Alden Library has a set of microfilms (on the  1st floor ) which does include abstracts.
• 1988 to the present: includes Masters theses with abstracts
• 24-page free previews available for most documents
• Free access to full text of ALL Ohio University theses and dissertations

OhioLINK ETD Center

The  OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations  Center  includes citations, abstracts and in most cases full text of theses and dissertations written at  member institutions  since 2000. The full text of theses and dissertations is in PDF format and is freely available to anyone.

• The site also includes instructions for authors on how to create and submit their electronic thesis or dissertation.
• You can also browse ETDs by school and department by doing an Advanced Search .

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DART-Europe E-Theses Portal

• Search engine for full-text theses from  more than 200 universities  in more than a  dozen European countries .

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

• An “international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).” The search engine includes millions of electronic theses and dissertations. For more information, see the  main website .

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)

• “Aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.” 
• Provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.

WorldCat Advanced Search

• WorldCat contains records from thousands of libraries around the world.
• Use the "Limit Results by" option to "Content:  Thesis/dissertation."

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When you use use ideas from information sources in your papers and projects, you need to cite that information.

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Access to Ohio State Dissertations and Theses

Ohio State has agreements with two organizations, OhioLINK and ProQuest/UMI , that store and provide access to Ohio State theses and dissertations.

OhioLINK  is Ohio’s state library network and includes a consortium of Ohio colleges and universities. 

ProQuest/UMI Dissertation Publishing  has been collecting and making dissertations available to the public for purchase since 1938, and now manages a database of 90 percent of the dissertations released in the United States. Ohio State has an agreement with ProQuest/UMI to microfilm all approved Ohio State dissertations for archival purposes. This microfilmed archival copy is retained in the Ohio State libraries.

Delay Policy

Graduate students can apply to delay electronic access to their dissertations and theses for one to five years. These requests are reviewed by the Graduate School. If the initial request is granted, additional extensions can be requested up to five years. Graduate students bear the responsibility for requesting extensions. If the Graduate School does not receive a request for an extension,  OhioLINK  will release the document according to the original schedule. 

While a delay is applied to a student's document, the document title and abstract will be publicly available once the student's  OhioLINK  submission is published by the Graduate School.  

A publication delay approved for a doctoral dissertation on OhioLINK means that the document will not be sent to  Proquest/UMI  until the OhioLINK delay expires. If a ProQuest delay is still desired at that time, the student must request it directly through ProQuest. A separate form, the  UMI Publishing Agreement , must be completed and e-mailed directly to UMI/ProQuest to request a delay of publication on the Proquest Dissertation Publishing Database.

Requesting an Access Delay through OhioLINK

Graduate student can request a delay in access when they submit their document PDF to  OhioLI NK  and by submitting the Delay of Final Document form in  GRADFORMS .

• Master's students: Check "Do not upload to UMI" box in the UMI Permissions box (Master’s theses are not archived through UMI.)
• PhD and DMA students: Check "Upload my paper to UMI for traditional publishing."
• Graduate students must also complete and submit the Graduate School’s Delay of Final Document Form via  GRADFORM

The OhioLink and GRADFORMS processes are both required. If a graduate student checks the OhioLINK delay button but does not submit Delay of Final Document form, the dissertation will be released for access.

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Obtaining Theses and Dissertations

-Theses of CSU students can be located in Scholar and many are available online. Some CSU dissertations are also available online. Print dissertations are cataloged as books and interfiled with the other engineering books on the fourth floor of the Library.  To search Scholar for theses and dissertations, click on the "limit/sort search" button and then choose "Thesis (PHD,M) in the drop-down menu next to "Material Type."

-For online theses and dissertations from other Ohio universities , use the ETDC database.

-Proquest Dissertations & Theses ( North America and Europe ) provides only the first 26 or so pages of the paper.  To borrow the full text (in print format), make an Interlibrary Loan request.

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Use the resources below to find theses and dissertations.  These tools can also be used to find  theses or dissertations written by Ohio University students . 

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I‎

The   ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I database  covers well over 2 million doctoral dissertations and masters theses from around the world. The complete database includes citations going back to the year 1637. The type of coverage and availability of full text, however, varies by date:

• 1938-1980: Alden Library has a set of microfilms (on the  1st floor ) which does include abstracts.
• 1988 to the present: includes Masters theses with abstracts
• 24-page free previews available for most documents
• Free access to full text of ALL Ohio University theses and dissertations

OhioLINK ETD Center

The  OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations  Center  includes citations, abstracts and in most cases full text of theses and dissertations written at  member institutions  since 2000. The full text of theses and dissertations is in PDF format and is freely available to anyone.

• The site also includes instructions for authors on how to create and submit their electronic thesis or dissertation.
• You can also browse ETDs by school and department by doing an Advanced Search .

Other Resources

DART-Europe E-Theses Portal

• Search engine for full-text theses from  more than 200 universities  in more than a  dozen European countries .

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

• An “international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).” The search engine includes millions of electronic theses and dissertations. For more information, see the  main website .

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)

• “Aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.” 
• Provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.

WorldCat Advanced Search

• WorldCat contains records from thousands of libraries around the world.
• Use the "Limit Results by" option to "Content:  Thesis/dissertation."

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• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window Find citations to Ph.D. dissertations and some MA theses completed in the U.S., Canada and selected other countries. Many references include full text of dissertations. You may limit your search to dissertations done at Ohio State University.
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations (OhioLINK) [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK) is a free online database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities.
• NDLTD Global Digital Dissertations Find electronic theses and dissertations from universities worldwide. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window Catalog of theses and doctoral dissertations hosted by Virginia Tech contributed by some 176 Universities and 27 Institutions worldwide. Full text is available, but fees may be required for some documents.
• EThOS: electronic theses online service : opening access to UK theses This link opens in a new window Access to over 250,000 theses produced by the higher institutions in the United Kingdom on an open access model to all researchers.
• French University PhD dissertations (theses.fr) Find dissertations completed and ongoing at universities in France, 2005-present
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• Center for Research Libraries CRL has many foreign dissertations. Many are available online from CRL. Other may be request using the Ohiolink catalog.
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