Sometimes finding theses written by former students or
students from other campuses can provide you with direction and a nice literature review.
To find a variety of dissertations locally as well as nationwide, please check out
the resources below:
- Dissertations Abstracts
(CSULB Authentication Required)
- This is an online listing of Doctoral dissertations and
masters theses from over 1,000 North American and European universities. Includes contents
of Comprehensive Dissertation Index, Dissertation Abstracts International, Masters
Abstracts International, and American Doctoral Dissertations. The best part of this
database is that for dissertations published after 1996 you can retrieve a free 24 page
preview, which can help you determine if it is useful for your research.
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COAST
- By searching in COAST the library catalog you will be able
to find all of the theses published at CSULB. You can
click here to
see dissertations arranged by department OR do a
keyword
search for your topic and add the terms THESIS BEACH. For example: "literacy
thesis beach" gives me all the theses at CSULB that contain the term literacy.
Full Text Dissertations are
available from the following sources:
| Getting
your hands on a Thesis not available at CSULB |
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Link+
- This is the best and quickest way to get your hands on
dissertations that are owned by other campuses that participate in Link+. The trick is to
find the title of a dissertation in dissertation abstracts first or use any of the
keywords for these campuses:
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CAMPUS |
WORDS
TO USE FOR DISSERTATIONS |
| CSU Fullerton |
KEYWORD: Thesis CSUF + your
topic or department name |
| SDSU |
KEYWORD:
Thesis (M.S.)--San Diego State University + your topic or
department name |
| Loyola Marymount |
KEYWORD: Loyola Marymount
Thesis+ your topic or department name |
| Claremont Colleges |
SUBJECT:Claremont Graduate
School Dissertations And Theses (limit search and add other terms) |
| San Francisco State University |
KEYWORD: Masters Theses
Collection+ your topic or department name |
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- If you see a dissertation you like- all you have to do is
click on request this item and enter your name and student ID number. Items will
arrive in 3-5 days!! Make sure the status for the dissertation says "available".
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Interlibrary
Loan
- This is for titles that are not available in LINK+ or at
CSULB. You must have a library PIN to order
dissertations this way and it takes a little longer (10-14 days). Dissertations from
other universities can be difficulty to get so know ahead of time that the library may not
be able to fulfill your request.
If you have any questions about getting
dissertations, don't hesitate to ask me!
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