Most Masters' and PhD theses from the University of Washington are catalogued by subject area (like a book) and can be searched using the UW Libraries Search. Theses and dissertations may also available online in full-text via the Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global database. Theses can take up to a year to appear in the UW Libraries catalog.
Theses can be browsed in the UW Libraries Search Advanced Search. To find all the theses in a particular subject area, go to Advanced Search and type in theses -- followed by the subject area:
Choose 'any field' 'is (exact)" - see below. Click search.
Next, on the left under "Resource Type", limit the search results to: "Dissertations & Theses."
Theses may also be browsed in the Engineering General Stacks according to their assigned call number. Most Engineering theses can be found in the Engineering Library at the following call numbers:
Subject |
Call # |
---|---|
Aeronautics and Astronautics |
TL507 |
Applied Mathematics |
QA3 |
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
TA7 |
Computer Science and Engineering |
QA76 |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
TK7 |
General Engineering |
TA153 |
Human Centered Design and Engineering | Q223 |
Industrial and Systems Engineering | T55.4 |
Inter-Engineering | T7 |
Manufacturing Engineering | TS7 |
Materials Science and Engineering |
TN7 |
Mechanical Engineering | TJ7 |
Nuclear Engineering | TK9006 |
If the thesis that you are looking for is not in the UW Libraries search, you can: