Theses and Dissertations: International Dissertations

Contains citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and some masters theses. Citations are available from 1861 to the present. Dissertation abstracts are available from 1980 to the present and masters thesis abstracts from 1988 to the present. Full-text is available for free from 1997 on. This service is only available to registered York students and faculty.

Contains over 1.6 million theses and dissertations from over 800 colleges, universities and research institutions. Use the advanced search page to search by language, country, or date. Open access, full text.

Catalogue of over 800,000 dissertations, including items from Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. Search by keyword or browse by country or institution. Dissertations may be requested through interlibrary loan. Contact the Resource Sharing department for details. No full text access.

Harvests dissertations and theses from virtually all registered open access repositories. Configure Google Scholar to find York University records.

Searches library catalogues from 45 countries around the world. Includes records for dissertations and provides selected links to libraries holding specific items. Use "thesis or dissertation" as a keyword in the search field, or select Dissertations under Subtype Content dropdown menu. If you are looking for non-English theses, be sure to use the appropriate spelling of thesis or dissertation in the language used in the dissertation.

Open access repository of European research theses. Search by keyword or browse by country, university, or year. Full text access.

Open access repository of UK research theses. Search by keyword or browse by country, university, or year. Sign up for an account to see download and delivery options. Some full text access.

Search engine for all French doctoral theses defended since 1985, including information on dissertations in progress. Some full-text available.

A subset of Gallica, the national catalog of France, the CCFr allows you to limit your search to theses on the advanced search page by selecting "thèse". Do not use the term "dissertation" as a keyword when searching for theses in French as this translates to "essay".

Full content access to many of Australia's theses. Limit your search to theses on the advanced search page.

Provides links to country and region specific dissertation search engines and databases.