Library guides: Education (Postgraduates): Theses

Finding theses

Searching for theses
SCU Library collections
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.

Trove
Trove provides access to the digital version of theses from all Australian Universities as well as those from Australian government research repositories.
Do a search on your topic, then limit your search to Theses (on the left hand side)

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

New Zealand Educational Theses database
Made available by the NZ Council for Educational Research. NZET contains more han 10, 000 doctoral, masters and diploma theses in education topics about New Zealand and by New Zealanders at a wide range of overseas tertiary institutions. The theses date back to 1970's, many with links to fulltext.
ERIC
Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources including masters and doctoral theses and dissertations as well as research reports with full text available from 1993. To search for theses in ERIC, enter your keyword in the search box, then set Limiter Publication Type to 'Dissertation'

If the thesis you want is not freely available online ...

Search the library catalogue to find out if it is available in the library collection.
Contact the library Document Supply Service for assistance as they may be able to borrow the thesis from another library.