What if the full text of a thesis or dissertation is not available in ProQuest Theses & Dissertations?
Answer
You can use our interlibrary loan service to request a copy from another institution. Not all theses or dissertations will be available this way.
It may also be worth searching for the title in Google Scholar; some universities host their own online, open access collections of student theses and dissertations and Google Scholar often indexes the links to these sites.
Finally, especially if the dissertation or thesis is fairly recent, you might consider reaching out to the author if their contact information is available.
Links & Files
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database
- How do I find dissertations and theses?
- How do I search in Proquest Theses & Dissertations?
- How do I find dissertations or theses from CIIS?
- How do I search for CIIS dissertations or theses from a particular program?
- How do I search for CIIS dissertations or theses for which a particular faculty member was an advisor or committee member?
- What is Interlibrary Loan (ILL)?
- How do I link Google Scholar to the CIIS Library?
- How do I cite dissertations and theses?
- How can I use dissertations or theses to find more material on my topic?
