Regent & U.S. Dissertation & Theses Databases
- Dissertations & Theses: Regent University This link opens in a new window
Gives access to over 1500 text-based PDF files and/or citations/abstracts of theses and dissertations published through the university by Regent students from 1988 forward.
- Dissertations & Theses Global (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Access to over 2.3 million doctoral dissertations and master's thesis from the United States and Worldwide. Provides abstracts and previews along with full-text to over 1.9 million entries from 1997 to the present, and bibliographic citations for dissertations as far back as 1861.
- Regent Dissertations & Theses in Print (especially pre-1988)Make sure to select "THESES/DISS" under "material type" to limit the search to show only dissertations and theses in the results. Diss. and theses published by Regent students before 1988 are not available electronically, and can only be located through this method.
- American Doctoral Dissertations 1933-1955 This link opens in a new window
This free research database provides access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations accepted by American universities between 1933 and 1955. Full page images of the original print index may be searched by author, title, subject and university.
- TEL : thèses en ligneThe purpose of TEL (thèses-EN-ligne) is to facilitate the self archiving of thesis manuscripts. TEL is also accessible through OAI (Open Archives Initiative), tools and the OAI-PHM protocol, with the URL api.archives-ouvertes.fr/oai/tel
- WorldCat dissertations and thesesAlthough the WorldCat Dissertations & Theses database is only available by subscription to FirstSearch, WorldCat is available for free. The advanced search screen allows you to limit by Content to Thesis/Dissertation. The link provided above will direct you to WorldCat's advanced search screen.
Selected International Dissertation Databases
- Australian Digital Theses ProgramA collaborative project developing a national database of digital theses produced by postgraduate research students at Australian universities. There are a growing number of FULLTEXT theses on this database.
PQDT Open
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses OpenPQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format. The authors of these dissertations and theses have opted to publish as open access
Search the Regent University Catalog
- Search the Regent University CatalogIn general, Regent University Library does not acquire dissertations and theses completed outside of Regent for addition to the Library's collections. Although this is the case, dissertations and theses are sometimes republished as books, so do check the Library Catalog.