LibGuides: Seminary Library Portal for Online and Extension Sites: Dissertations

First Stop

To find dissertations from North American universities:

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
Research in Ministry (RIM) Online A searchable database of indexes and abstracts for doctoral projects and theses from programs accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

Andrews University Digital Dissertations and Theses

Find digital copies of AU dissertations and theses in the following sites:

Graduate Research in Digital Commons @ Andrews University
Includes most Ph.D. dissertations, many D.Min. project documents, and recent Master's Theses

Dissertations & Theses @ Andrews University This ProQuest database gives access to the dissertations and theses produced by students at Andrews University.

Repositories at Seventh-day Adventist Universities

AIIAS -- Philippines
KnowledgeExchange@Southern
Repositorio de la Universidad Peruana Unión DSpace es un servicio digital que recopila, conserva y distribuye material digital. Los repositorios son herramientas importantes para preservar el legado de una organización; Facilitan la preservación digital y la comunicación académica.
RESEARCHONLINE@AVONDALE
TheScholarsRepository@LLU

Open Access Dissertation Databases

The following list of databases provide access to dissertations and theses. The list does not include single institution repositories.

Center for Research Libraries Foreign Dissertations CRL has catalog records for over 800,000 foreign doctoral dissertations
DART-Europe E-theses Portal DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.
DiVA: Academic Archive On-line DiVA portal is a finding tool and an institutional repository for research publications and student theses written at 30 universities and colleges of higher education in Scandinavia.
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (DDM) is an international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines. Currently containing over 14,000 records, including the corrected and updated contents of all earlier printed editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology and supplements contributed from musicological centers throughout the world, the database is fully searchable.
EthOS EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses.
National ETD Portal: South African theses and dissertations Provides access to ETDs produced in South Africa.
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. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 600 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 1.5 million theses and dissertations.
TEL (thèses-en-ligne) French language database of dissertations and theses
Theses Canada Canadian universities participate in the program voluntarily by submitting approved theses and dissertation to Theses Canada. Library and Archives Canada (LAC) staff are happy to provide advice to Canadian universities that are establishing electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) programs and welcome new electronic participants.