Research Guides
Music Guide: Dissertations
Completing and Publishing Your Thesis or Dissertation
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UW Graduate School Thesis/Dissertation Information PageLanguage and formatting information (including title page template), guidelines for submitting and publishing; FAQ's
Finding Dissertations in Music
Use the following resources to find dissertations on topics in music. Digital Dissertations in Musicology provides citations to music specific dissertations. Dissertations & Theses full text is a good source for downloadable PDFs of many dissertations, especially those completed since 1997.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive index to dissertations and theses from all fields of study. Includes 2.4 million dissertation and thesis citations from 1861 to present. More than 1 million dissertations are available to download in PDF. Narrow your search to music dissertations with keywords (e.g. theory or analysis) or using the subject name "music".
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Doctoral Dissertations in MusicologyRecords of dissertations (completed and in progress) in musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines. Records include title, author, and school, as well as RILM number and UM number (use this last one, as "Publication/Order no." to find abstract or full text in Dissertations & theses full text).
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Research WorksSearch for recent theses and dissertations by UW students. You may also add your own thesis or dissertation to this collection.
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Theses CanadaPublicly accessible database of dissertations from Canadian universities.
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Center for Research Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch CRL's catalog for more than 800,000 doctoral dissertations from outside the US & Canada. Use the word dissertations in your search, e.g., dissertations medieval music