Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations
Theses and dissertations are an important componant to a scholarly art history bibliography. It is worth noting how scholars have arranged their theses and dissertations, what sources they used, and what images they have selected for their accompanying catalogs. In addition, many scholarly topics are captured and treated in great depth only by theses and dissertations. It is essential to supplement any line of research with these invalable resources.

Dissertations & Theses Full Text: This general online resource contains 1.6 million+ entries with information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses from all disciplines. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available. To obtain a complete dissertation published after 1997, use the free order/downloading procedure in Digital Dissertations to receive a link to the PDF fulltext by email. If there is no option to download the fulltext of a post-1997 dissertation, this means that the author has refused to grant these rights. Coverage: 1861 - Present.

Index to Theses: Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland: The Index to Theses allows one to search all theses ever produced by British and Irish universities (1716 to the present). Access is by author, title, university, degree, year, and keyword. Abstracts are included for titles written since 1970. Full text is not provided, but copies of the dissertations may be requested through interlibrary loan. Coverage: 1716 to Present