How can I find Greenwich PhD theses?

You can view the Greenwich PhD theses guide at: http://www.slideshare.net/informationservices/phd-

theses-guide. University of Greenwich digital theses are available to view in the Greenwich Academic

Literature Archive http://gala.gre.ac.uk/ accessed from the Library & Computing tab in the university

portal and via Ethos.

How can I find other PhD theses?

You can search Index to Theses (citation only) and full text doctoral dissertations and master's theses

available from the Humanities and Social Sciences Collection in the ProQuest Dissertations and

Theses database via the Library & Computing tab in the university portal.

What is Ethos?

Ethos http://ethos.bl.uk/ is the British Library's digital repository website for UK research theses

offering a central access point to UK doctoral theses. Find out more from our Ethos web page:

http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/ils/ls/guides/otherlibs/ill/ethos.

What about non-UK theses? • You can search Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/ (Australia), which includes digital theses

• DART Europe http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php

• Dissertations Express http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb (US theses)

• Theses Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html

• Database of African Theses and Dissertations http://www.aau.org/data/

Searching repositories Theses can be accessed by searching the open access institutional repositories of universities and

institutions which contain the research outputs of the institution. Repositories are indexed by search

engines and you will find them in web search results. Additionally you can search these services:

• Connecting Repositories http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/search

• Directory of Open Access Repositories http://www.opendoar.org/search.php

• Registry of Open Access Repositories http://roar.eprints.org/content.html

Where do I get more help? View our online tutorial for searching for theses in the Library Catalogue and databases via the portal

http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/ils/ls/guides/edb/howto

Contact your Academic Services Librarian: Avery Hill: ah-librarians@gre.ac.uk | Greenwich: mg-

librarians@gre.ac.uk | Medway: dhl-librarians@gre.ac.uk | OSCARS Off-Campus Support:

www.gre.ac.uk/oscars

Sources of PhD theses