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Different databases are suitable for searching dissertations, depending on its origin. The most common ones are listed below. Tip: access to some of the following databases is even quicker using the Lib4RI-Searchbox in the header (select «Articles, Books etc.», then click «Dissertations»).
Dissertations
Swisscovery is the new nationwide library catalogue operated by the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP) replacing the former NEBIS recherche catalogue and also swissbib, as the best entry point for tracking down Swiss dissertations.
When searching for dissertations, please tweak swisscovery's results for the «Resource Type» «Dissertations».
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. It also includes many theses and dissertations from all over the world. Please use WordCat's Advanced Search to limit the content for your search to «Theses/dissertations».
DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. It provides access to some 700,000 open access research theses from more than 600 universities and about 30 European countries.
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organisation dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
NDLTD's new Global ETD Search allows researchers to find approximately 4.5 Mio ETDs from more than 200 universities on all continents based on keyword, date, institution, language and subject.
In addition, NDLTD also provides many links to national and international dissertation catalogues.
OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1,100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes some 3.5 Mio theses and dissertations.
EBSCO Open Dissertations is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs covering mainly dissertations from the UK and US.
The ProQuest database provides bibliographic information (including abstracts) for more than 2.7 Mio dissertations and theses on science and engineering from 1861 to the present. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses mainly covers dissertations and theses from North American Institutions plus a growing international coverage. Over 1 Mio full text dissertations are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.