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This guide recommends resources for research in English language studies, British and American literature, and other literatures written in English.
Last update: Nov 03rd, 2009 URL: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/english  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Dissertations: Electronic Resources

The following databases either index or provide full text to dissertations.  If full text is not available, check the UW Libraries Catalog for library holdings.  Those not listed in the catalog or available online may be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text  
    Full Text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. [UW restricted]
  • MLA International Bibliography  
    Includes citations to dissertations on literature, language, film and folklore studies beginning in 1969. Provides better subject access than Dissertation Abstracts. Be sure to limit search to publication type "dissertation abstract." [UW restricted]
  • Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland  
    Includes citations to 466,921 theses since 1986. For earlier theses, see print edition below.
  • UW Libraries Catalog  
    Search the catalog to find UW dissertations by department. Search by Genre/Form with the following combination of terms: "theses english" or "theses comparative literature."
  • OCLC WorldCat  
    Limit your search by the material type "Thesis/dissertation" in the advanced search screen. [UW restricted]
 

Dissertations: Print Resources

The following sources are all located in Suzzallo Reference (1st floor):

  • Index to Theses Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland (1950-1985)
  • Retrospective Index to Theses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1716-1950
  • Theses in English literature, 1894-1970
  • Theses in American literature, 1896-1971
  • Dissertations on Anglo-Irish Drama: a Bibliography of Studies, 1870-1970
  • Dissertations in English and American Literature: Theses Accepted by Austrian, French and Swiss Universities, 1875-1970
  • Critical Writings on Commonwealth Literatures: a Selective Bibliography to 1970, with a List of Theses and Dissertations
  • Canadian Literature: an Index to Theses Accepted by Canadian Universities, 1925-1980 
  • Theses on English-Canadian Literature: a Bibliography of Research Produced in Canada & Elsewhere from 1903 Forward 
  • Southern Literary Culture: a Bibliography of Masters' and Doctors' Theses
  • An Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old English Language and Literature  
  • Master's Theses in the Arts and Social Sciences (1976-1990)
 
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