LibGuides: For Researchers: Finding theses

Finding theses

SCU Library Research Portal Theses
The Library holds a digital copy of Southern Cross University higher degree theses (Master by Research and Doctorate) which are located in the Southern Cross Research Portal or by searching the catalogue. One hard copy of each thesis is kept in the Library Archives. A small number of theses from other institutions are in the general collection.
Australasian Digital Theses
Use the Australian National Library's search engine Trove to find Australian theses.
Request via SCU Document Supply Service
For theses not held at SCU library and not available online, contact the library Document Supply Service for assistance as they may be able to borrow the thesis from another library.

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.)
PsychINFO
PsychINFO is part of the Ebsco suite of databases

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

OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories