{"id":1566,"date":"2016-09-01T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T00:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2016-08-26T12:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:04:24","slug":"how-to-finds-thesis-dissertations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/how-to-finds-thesis-dissertations\/","title":{"rendered":"How to finds thesis &#038; dissertations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding thesis and dissertations can be challenging. This post provides information on how to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to print copies available for consultation only at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/branches\/rarebooks\">Rare Books and Special Collections<\/a> library, McGill thesis and dissertations are all accessible online via both:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digitool.library.mcgill.ca\/R\/\">eScholarship@McGill<\/a> where they can be searched by Faculty\/Department. Here is a list of thesis and dissertations submitted at the <a href=\"http:\/\/digitool.library.mcgill.ca\/R\/CL3GCGLF4BN8GPIG5N4ES3NPAS8TYYDTRKSL8A9GTQJ3A1B1KX-03129?func=collections-result&amp;collection_id=1296\">Institute of Islamic Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com\/pqdtft?accountid=12339\">ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text<\/a> database<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com\/pqdtft?accountid=12339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"Home Page - ProQuest Dissertations &amp; Theses Full Text - ProQuest\" width=\"584\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest-500x215.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Home-Page-ProQuest-Dissertations-Theses-Full-Text-ProQuest.jpg 1346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com\/pqdtft?accountid=12339\">ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text<\/a> database includes millions of citations to thesis and dissertations from all around the world (1861 to present), more than a million full text dissertations, and over 2.1 million titles available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>On the McGill Library website, you can find a guide on how to find thesis and dissertations by country:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/find\/theses\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1567 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"Theses &amp; dissertations McGill Library - McGill University\" width=\"584\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University-500x215.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Theses-dissertations-McGill-Library-McGill-University.jpg 1346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Last, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendoar.org\/index.html\">Directory of Open Access Repositories<\/a>, an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories, maintains a list of OA repositories by country and organization which is incredibly handful to find full text thesis and dissertations from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendoar.org\/countrylist.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1569\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"OpenDOAR - Open Access Countries and Organisations - africa\" width=\"584\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa-500x214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/OpenDOAR-Open-Access-Countries-and-Organisations-africa.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding thesis and dissertations can be challenging. This post provides information on how to do so. In addition to print copies available for consultation only at the Rare Books and Special Collections library, McGill thesis and dissertations are all accessible &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/how-to-finds-thesis-dissertations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,7,21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-literacy","category-library-services","category-online-resources","category-open-access","category-thematic-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}