Theses & Dissertations (ETD)
A guide to accessing and writing theses and dissertations at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas.
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You can use WorldCat Discovery to access TREN and many open access ETDs, and you can find bibliographic information for even more than that. This search box has been specifically designed to automatically set the most important filters on WorldCat Discovery for ETD searching.
Subscription Databases
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: The Humanities & Social Sciences This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive theses and dissertations database covering humanities and social sciences.
- Theological Research Exchange Network This link opens in a new window Over 16,000 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from over 125 different institutions. Please see documentation for how to access TREN dissertations and theses.
- TREN TutorialTREN can be hard to use. We can help!
- OpenDissertations This link opens in a new window American Doctoral Dissertations provides electronic access to the only comprehensive record of dissertations accepted by American universities during that time period, the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities. Containing more than 172,000 theses and dissertations in total from 1902 to the present, it was created with the generous support of the H. W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston. Newly enhanced with an additional 80,000 citations for theses and dissertations, the new citations include a link to access the full text, when available, via the Institutional Repository where the thesis or dissertation is housed such as OhioLINK, Rochester Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University.
Open Access Databases
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open (PQDT Open) This link opens in a new window With PQDT Open, you can read the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
- Asbury Theological Seminary DissertationsFull-text theses/dissertations available from Asbury Theological Seminary.
- DART - European E-theses Portal Open access research theses from 561 universities in 28 European countries.
- E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) Search over 350,000 doctoral theses from institutions of higher education in the UK. Part of the British Library.
- NDLTD (National Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations) This link opens in a new window Search the 4,919,954 electronic theses and dissertations contained in the NDLTD archive.
- Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new window OATD.org 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 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 4,030,539 theses and dissertations.
- OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center Browse full-text ETDs from over 30 participating colleges and universities in the state of Ohio.
- Pan-Africa Theological Seminary (PAThS) PAThS has provided this search engine to give students access to online Theses and Dissertations in both English and French. These resources have been provided by hundreds of cooperating universities and academic institutions and are provided for educational research purposes. The search results provided may or may not be affiliated with PAThS or its organizational governance.
- PhdData The universal index of doctoral dissertations in progress, this sites is an open academic community in order to avoid duplications in doctoral dissertations. Contains only bibliographical information.
- WorldCat Dissertations This link opens in a new window WorldCat Dissertations and Theses includes millions of records for all dissertations, theses, and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects. Links to openly available electronic copies are provided when available. Use the "Libraries Worldwide" link to determine which libraries include the dissertation or thesis in their holdings.
Tools
- TropyTake control of your research photos with Tropy, a tool that shortens the path from finding archival sources to writing about them. Spend more time using your research photos, and less time searching for them.
- Literature ReviewsAn explanation of what literature reviews are and tips on creating them.
Registries
- Registry of Open Access RepositoriesA listing of open access repositories for electronic theses and dissertations. May be further limited by country and software type.
- NDLTD (National Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations) This link opens in a new windowSearch the 4,919,954 electronic theses and dissertations contained in the NDLTD archive.
Books
Dissertation Desk Reference by Call Number: 808.02 C141ISBN: 9781607094739Publication Date: 2009-10-16
Revising Your Dissertation by Call Number: 808.02 R454ISBN: 9780520254015Publication Date: 2007-10-15
Quality Research Papers by Call Number: 200.72 V996ISBN: 9780310514022Publication Date: 2014-02-11
Surviving Your Dissertation by Call Number: 808.02 R913ISBN: 0761919627Publication Date: 2000-10-18
Writing the Doctoral Dissertation by Call Number: 808.042 D261ISBN: 0812098005Publication Date: 1997-06-03
Getting It Right by Call Number: 808.06 C141ISBN: 9781610489201Publication Date: 2012-09-27
Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day by Call Number: 808.06 B689ISBN: 080504891XPublication Date: 1998-08-15
Finish Your Dissertation Once and for All! by Call Number: 808.02 M647ISBN: 9781433804151Publication Date: 2008-12-15- Quality Research Papers by Call Number: 200.72 V996ISBN: 9780310514022Publication Date: 2014-02-11
