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UW Tacoma Theses and Projects
- ResearchWorks Archive at the UWFull text dissertations completed at UW. Full coverage from 1997-2008 and 2012 - present; sporadic coverage prior to 1997. Includes Education, IAS, and Social Work.
UW Tacoma Master Theses & Projects
A print collection of UW Tacoma Master Theses & Projects
is located in the UW Tacoma Library Chihuly Room.
Programs represented currently include Interdisciplinary
Arts & Sciences, the Institute of Technology and the
Nursing Program.
- UW Tacoma Digital CommonsStudent Work includes Global Honors Theses, History Undergraduate Theses, and MSW Capstones.
At the UW
Search for hard copies of dissertations & master's theses written at the UW. Prior to 2012, not all master's theses were submitted to the Libraries collection. As of 2012, no hard copy dissertations or theses will be added to the collection in UW Seattle. Many will be available via ResearchWorks Archive or Proquest Dissertations & Theses.
- ResearchWorks Archive at the UWFull text dissertations completed at UW. Full coverage from 1997-2008 and 2012 - present; sporadic coverage prior to 1997.
- UW Libraries Search by authorChange the drop-down to "author/creator"
- UW Libraries Search by titleChange the drop-down to "in the title"
- UW Libraries Search by subject or departmentChange the drop-down to "in subject"; use the heading "theses" followed by the department:
- theses anthropology
- theses computer science
- theses pharmacology - UW Libraries Search by topicuse the keywords search and combine the phrase "theses and" followed by a topical keyword(s):
- theses and salmon habitat
- theses and shakespeare
- theses and japan and history
To browse Tacoma theses, add Tacoma to the search:
- theses and Tacoma
- theses and Tacoma and business
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.
Other Electronic Dissertations & Theses
- Australian Dissertations & ThesesNow available from the National Library of Australia. This search is set to search for online available texts only.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations"A collaborative effort of the NDLTD, OCLC, VTLS, and Scirus, the NDLTD Union Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations."
- The DART-Europe E-theses PortalIncludes full-text theses from 355 universities in 20 European countries.
- DiVA: Scandinavian Research & ThesesIncludes research and theses from 28 universities and colleges throughout Scandinavia.
- Theses CanadaFrom the Library & Archives of Canada - the theses project contains research from over 60 Canadian institutions. The search allows you to limit to full-text electronic theses.
- South African National ETD PortalIncludes over 22,000 theses and dissertations from South African institutions.
Order Dissertations & Theses from Interlibrary Loan
If you cannot find an electronic version of a non-UW dissertation or thesis, you can request a copy through interlibrary loan.