UF theses and dissertations
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (UF only)
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (All records)
With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts.
Proquest Dissertations & Theses (Full text only)
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
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WorldCat dissertations and theses
Provides access to over 5 million records of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries catalogs in the WorldCat database.
Center for Research Libraries foreign dissertations
More than 750,000 dissertations produced for universities outside of the United States and Canada. UF researchers have free use of the CRL collections through interlibrary loan.
Approximately 300,000 records of theses and dissertations on microform in Library and Archives Canada's collection. Of these approximately 50,000 are also available electronically.
A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Access to the research literature pre- and post-peer-review through author self-archiving in institutional eprint archives.
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Publishing UF theses and dissertations
Useful information, links, and forms for writing and publishing your thesis or dissertation.
Academic Technology maintains a web page on training and support for student submission of ETDs.
Retrospective dissertation scanning project
For more information on this project, contact:
Cathy Martyniak
Preservation Department
cathy@uflib.ufl.edu
352-273-2830
Access issues
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