All dissertations & theses written by students who entered into graduate programs in 2001 or later are only available online.
Some theses beginning in 1998 are online.
Older theses and dissertations are being digitized, and may be both in print and online.
Dissertations by HSC graduate students that have not yet been converted to online that are in print in the HSC Library are shelved on the 3rd floor of the library and are at the beginning of the print book collection. They are listed in the Online Catalog and can be checked out.
If your dissertation or thesis has not yet been digitzed, please contact us! See details on our permission page.
For UF Dissertations/Theses: Dissertations/theses are treated as books in the UF Catalog and you can find them by searching by author, title, or year. They also have the special designation of "thesis" and your search can include this term in the advanced search page by using can be located in the UF Catalog by using keyword=thesis.
Starting in Fall 2001, UF made the transition to requiring all students to publish their dissertations electronically. These will be listed as online in the catalog and are in PDF format.
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Florida
Search doctoral dissertations and masters' theses written by UF students. You can also look for UF dissertations and theses in the UF Libraries catalog.
UF Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Informational page describing where and how to find UF theses and dissertations.
For Non-UF Dissertations/Theses:
Search ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text to identify many dissertations written at many universities and read the full-text of the dissertations. The database covers 1867 to the present; however, each university's coverage varies.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses lists all dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by members of OCLC, a worldwide library consortium. This database includes links to full text of many freely-available theses and indicates whether any member library has a print copy that may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) provides links to theses that may be freely available online.
The Theses Canada Portal provides search and access information for print and online theses and dissertations from Canadian institutions from 1965 to the present.
The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) maintains a list of sites with e-theses.
You may encounter some citations/references to theses and dissertations in subject-based indexes and abstracts. Identify these indexes through the Journal Articles tab.
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