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`MSU Theses and Dissertations
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`This collection contains over 50,000 ETDs written at MSU dating from 1899 to the
`present. These are freely available without an MSU login.
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`ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
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`Comprehensive collection of fulltext dissertations and theses since 1997 and strong
`retrospective full text coverage for earlier periods. Includes MSU dissertations and
`theses.
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`Open Access to United States-Published Theses and Dissertations
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`Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
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`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 1,100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD
`currently indexes 4,517,398 theses and dissertations.
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`Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
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`Started by Virginia Tech University, this is a global database of over 5 million
`electronic theses and dissertations.
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`American Doctoral Dissertations
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`Provides free, full text access to American dissertations. Previously available in print
`as Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities
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`OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
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`Browse electronic theses and dissertations from over 30 participating colleges and
`universities in the state of Ohio. It contains the abstract for all included theses and
`dissertations. The full-text is also available if it was submitted.
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`Open Access to Internationally Published Theses and Dissertations
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`Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
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`A listing of open access repositories for electronic theses and dissertations. May be
`further limited by country and software type.
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`Theses Canada Portal
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`Over 50,000 electronic theses and dissertations are available from the Library and
`Archives Canada's collection. For full-text, select "Electronic theses" on the search
`screen.
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`British Library EThOS
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`Individuals may login and search this database of over 480,000 British doctoral
`theses. Some theses may be available on an open access basis. For others,
`individuals may need to request the item through interlibrary loan or wait for
`digitization.
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`DART-Europe E-theses Portal
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`Over 1,000,000 full-text electronic theses and dissertations are available from 571
`participating universities in 29 European countries.
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`National Library of Australia's Trove
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`Trove is a free repository of Australian material, including almost a million Australian
`theses. To search for electronic theses and dissertations, click "Advanced search" and
`then "Research & Reports" and select "Thesis" from the format options.
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`Print Access
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`Finding MSU Theses and Dissertations in the Catalog
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`1. Start at the catalog advanced search page.
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`2. In the search boxes at the top of the page, change the "All fields" dropdown menu to
`search for author, a subject or a title. Or, you can search by MSU department or
`college, such as "educational policy" or "chemical engineering."
`3. Under "Limit to" and "Format," select "Thesis."
`4. Enter a date range under "Year of Publication" if desired.
`5. Click "Search" to return your results.
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`Interlibrary Loan
`If you are an MSU affiliate and cannot locate the full text of a thesis or dissertation either in
`electronic or print format, you may be able to order it for free from our interlibrary loan
`department.
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`Theses and Dissertations About MSU
`Dissertations and Theses about Michigan State University
`This guide identifies dissertations and theses written by MSU scholars that are about
`MSU in some way.
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