Theses and Dissertations: North American Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

• Contains citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and some masters theses from accredited colleges and universities in North America and Europe.
• Citations are available from 1861 to the present.
• Abstracts are available for dissertations from 1980 to the present and for masters theses from 1988 to the present. From 1997, sometimes earlier, the full-text of some dissertations and theses may be downloaded for free in PDF format. 
• Please note that this service is only available to registered York students and faculty.

Theses Canada Portal

• The Theses Canada Portal provides free access to the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to present.

Many other periodical indexes and databases include references to dissertations. Look for dissertations as a document type to limit your search to dissertations only. Search all our databases here.

Note: Theses and dissertations not available in the Libraries or online can be requested through the Resource Sharing Department.