LibGuides: Gnibi Postgraduate Studies: Find theses

Finding theses

These databases provide free access to the fulltext of Australian and international theses.

ePublications@SCU
Provides access to recent SCU theses in electronic form.
SCU Library catalogue
The Library holds at least one copy of Southern Cross University higher degree theses (Master by Research and Doctorate) and some Honours' theses. One copy of each thesis is kept in the Library Archives. The second copy of the thesis, if available, is kept in the Thesis Collection for loan. A small number of theses from other institutions are in the general collection.
Australasian Digital Theses on Trove
Use the Australian National Library's search engine Trove to find Australian theses. In Advanced Search, select "Thesis" under Format menu.

British Library's Electronic Thesis Online Service
Occasionally theses theses are freely available to download; you have to register to do this. This is a huge repository of theses, but it is very expensive to source the full text.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
An international electronic thesis repository. Only some will be available full text.
PQDT Open
Provides the full text of open access dissertations free of charge, via ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing
Theses Canada
The portal for Canadian theses and includes free access to electronic theses where available (especially between 1998-2002.)

Once you know the details of a thesis, how do you obtain the thesis? Here is a summary of what to do:

Search the library catalogue to find out if it is available for loan in the library collection.
Browse or search Trove and ePublications sites to see if it available online.
For theses not held at SCU library and not available online, contact the Inter Libary Loan Service for assistance as they may be able to borrow the thesis from another library