Theses and repositories

Theses & dissertations

• Excellent source of in-depth technical information

• Contains information often not published in detail

• Previously only available via institutional print copy, ILL or microfiche

• Often under-used by other researchers

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Projects to digitize theses at universities

Increased access Many theses are open

access

Result = increased visibility and usage

Types of repositories for theses

Open Access

Scholarius repository for PhD Thesis, Articles, Books and ReportsCovers many subject areas

Portal by geographical area

Portal by continent

European portals with English text

Netherland Scandinavia

Country portals

Britain South Africa

“Consortial” agreementIndividual Universities from various countries and continents agree to contribute their theses to a portal

Institutional repositories

Platform-based portal

Index

Subscription service

Bibliographic database

Citation database

Subscription service

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Theses with top number of downloads

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Reminder : Students must deliver their theses to the library in e-format as well as a print copy