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University of Essex Theses

The Library receives all Ph.D. and M.Phil. theses and M.Sc. (Regulation 3.5.) theses. We do not normally get dissertations and theses connected with other degrees - the exception being LL.Ms. Theses are kept in Store and must be consulted in the Library only.

Fill in a form at the Circulation desk or use the online Store request form to ask for a thesis from store. N.B. You can see as many theses as you wish but please, do not ask for anymore than 3 at any one time.

Thesis Binding

Theses for binding should be brought to the Enquiry desk on the first floor of the Library (e-mail: libline Tel: 01206 873192). Theses cost £36 a copy (up to 400 pages, if there are more than 400 pages the thesis will have to be bound as 2 or more volumes). This should be paid for at the Income Office, situated on Square 2. The Income Office will issue a receipt which you must bring in with your copies. Guidelines on thesis submission and binding are available from the Information for Research Students page on the University website.

The University is an Associate Member of the British Library's EThOS project, which aims to make the research output of UK doctoral students available in electronic form to interested parties worldwide. Further information about the project is available here.

Once you have deposited your copies with us, Library staff will inform the Registry and deal with the bound copies. If you wish to submit additional personal copies for binding, the Library is very happy to arrange this for you.

Finding Essex Theses

If you are looking for a specific thesis you can search the Library catalogue by using the author or title search.

If you want to find an Essex thesis on a particular topic you should search the Library catalogue by keyword and include the words 'thesis' and 'Essex' as keywords: e.g. social policy thesis Essex.

Essex Theses by Department

Art history and theory

Health Care Law and Human Rights (LL.M.)

Biological sciences

International Human Rights Law (LL.M.)

Computer science & Electronic Engineering

Information Technology, Media and E-Commerce Law (LL.M.)

Economics

International Trade Law (LL.M.)

Essex Business School

UK Human Rights and Public Law (LL.M.)

Government

Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

Health and Human Sciences

Management

History

Mathematical Sciences

Language and Linguistics

Philosophy

Law (Ph.D.)

Psychology

European Union Law (LL.M.)

Sociology

Essex Theses by Centre and Institutes

CCFEA

ISTR

Russian and East European Studies

Latin American Studies

Human Rights Centre (LL.M.) & (M.A)

Psychoanalysis

ISER

Centre for Sports and Exercise Science

Partner Institutions

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Writtle College

Theses E-Resources (Finding Theses From Universities Other Than Essex)

Proquest Dissertations and Theses
Major database with global coverage, in particular indexing theses from North America (1861-) and the British Isles (1716-)
 

The Library's e-resources are strictly licensed. You may not systematically print or download substantial quantities, or distribute information to unauthorised third parties. [More information on Permitted Use].

Free Theses Websites and Portals


Africa - Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD)

Doctoral dissertations from African universities.

Brazil - Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações

Canada - Theses Canada Portal

1965 onwards, e-texts from 1998?

Europe - DART-Europe

Portal to over 250 000 European e-theses

France - Theses.fr

Main portal to French dissertations. See also TEL (Theses-en-ligne) for digital access to PhD theses and DUMAS for Masters theses from 2007

General - Foreign Doctoral Dissertations  

Center for Research Libraries (US) catalog of over 800 000 foreign PhDs held in US libraries

General - NDLTD

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.

General - Open Thesis

OpenThesis is a free repository of theses, dissertations, etc.

Germany - Dissonline

Electronic theses and dissertations from Germany.

Greece - National Archive of PhD Theses

Hong Kong - Hong Kong University Theses Online

India - Vidyanidhi: digital library and e-scholarship portal

Netherlands - NARCIS portal to e-theses

Oceania - Australasian Digital Theses (ADT)

Australian & N. Zealand PhD and Masters research theses in digital format.

Pakistan - Pakistan Research Repository

Russia & CIS - Dissertation CIS

Scandinavia - DiVA (the Academic Archive Online)

South Africa - National ETD Portal

Spain - TDR (Tesis Doctorales en Red)

UK - Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Studies

Compiled by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.

University Theses in Russian, Soviet & East European Studies, 1907-

Compiled by Gregory Walker and J.S.G. Simmons for the MHRA

 

For tips on preparing a dissertation see the Companion for Undergraduate Dissertations.

 

 
 
   
   

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