LibGuides: Asia Studies: Dissertations

Finding WSU Theses & Dissertations

You can also find Washington State University dissertations and theses in Search It, the Libraries' catalog. To locate these dissertations search the catalog in the following ways:

By author
By title
By topic- use the keywords search followed by a topical keyword(s):
- M.A. thesis asia*
- Ph.D. thesis japan*
Browsing theses and dissertations - Print copies of masters theses and dissertations are shelved under the call number WSU followed by a code for the department; they are shelved on the 3rd floor of Holland and Terrell Libraries.

History theses: WSU H3
Anthropology: WSU A7
Economics: WSU E22
Foreign Languages & Literatures: WSU F6
Music and Theater Arts: WSU M8
Political Science: WSU P6

You can also access WSU dissertations via the ProQuest database:

Proquest Dissertations and Theses at WSU
Provides full text of WSU authored dissertations and theses. Some WSU resources may have an embargo period and not be available.

Dissertations and Theses

Proquest Dissertations & Theses A & I - for schools other than WSU
Provides abstracts on over 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses, open-access dissertations from schools other than WSU.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses at WSU
Provides full text of WSU authored dissertations and theses. Some WSU resources may have an embargo period and not be available.
OpenDissertations
The print index, Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities (DDAAU), is now available digitally as American Doctoral Dissertations 1933-1955ª. EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston worked together to digitize the content and build the free database from the volumes originally published by the H.W. Wilson Company. This effort was made possible through a donation from the H.W. Wilson Foundation.

Center for Research Libraries Online Catalog - Foreign Dissertations
Includes over 800,000 doctoral dissertations from universities outside the U.S. and Canada. CRL obtained the majority of the collection through deposit from member libraries, but continues to acquire about 5,000 titles per year from major universities abroad through purchase and deposit agreements.
Australian Theses
Australian theses searchable via the National Library of Australia's Trove service.
Theses Canada
Index to Canadian dissertations, includes some fulltext from the last decade
Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations
Clearinghouse of electronic, fulltext dissertations freely available on the web
DART Europe E-Theses
More than 100,000 fulltext dissertations from 13 European nations