Resources for Finding Theses and Dissertations

Finding UMKC theses and dissertations

• Online full-text access is available for UMKC dissertations published after 1996 and masters theses published after 2001. You can access the full-text through the MERLIN Library Catalog or the UMKC School of Graduate Studies. Off-campus access is available to UMKC users through the VPN client (www.umkc.edu/vpn/). Twenty-four page previews are available to all users.
  
  
• Access is also available through:
  Dissertations & Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas City (ProQuest) 1958 - present.      Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1963 - present.
  Abstracts and indexes doctoral dissertations and masters theses written by UMKC graduate students. Selected full text is available; most full-text content is from 1997 - present.

• Finding aids for UMKC theses and dissertations
  • Best places to start:
    • Browse theses and dissertations in the MERLIN Library Catalog by schools and departments
    • Search by author, title or advisor in the MERLIN Library Catalog
  • Other resources:
    • UMKC School of Graduate Studies digital library (UMI) (www.umkc.edu/sgs/research-UMI.html).
      The UMKC School of Graduate Studies links to the UMI website which provides access to full text and abstracts and offers searching by author and keyword.
    • Dissertations & Theses @ University of Missouri - Kansas City (ProQuest) 1958 - present.      Save to del.icio.us
      Selected full text 1963 - present.
      Abstracts and indexes doctoral dissertations and masters theses written by UMKC graduate students. Selected full text is available; most full-text content is from 1997 - present.

Other resources related to UMKC theses and dissertations

• UMKC School of Graduate Studies (www.umkc.edu/sgs)
• Checklist for Masters Theses
• Checklist for Doctoral Dissertations
• School of Graduate Studies Thesis and Dissertation Forms and Guidelines (www.umkc.edu/sgs/theses.asp)

Non-UMKC theses and dissertations

• Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present.     Save to del.icio.us
  Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only).
  "The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It is the database of record for graduate research, with over 2.3 million dissertations and theses included from around the world. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 60,000 new citations are added to the database every year." Selected full text for UMKC dissertations and theses is available. [Source: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database information page; accessed January 3, 2007.]
  
  

• WorldCat (FirstSearch) Current edition.     Save to del.icio.us
  The world's most authoritative online resource for finding library materials.  Search over 60,000 libraries worldwide, including the Library of Congress, with this powerful search tool.  Use the free web version, WorldCat.org, for quick, easy searching.