Dissertations and Theses

Subject coverage includes American history, Canadian history, popular culture, American studies, literature/folklore, genealogy, women's studies/gender studies, multicultural studies, interdisciplinary studies, anthropology, sociology, history of science, economics, business, education, music, art, and law.

The database will eventually include every book, pamphlet, and broadside published in the American colonies or the United States between 1639 and 1800, including more than 450 academic dissertations, most from Harvard University and Yale University.

The primary database for classical studies and information on Ancient Greece and Rome. Topics covered include literature and literary history; linguistics and philology; history and civilization; law and justice; philosophy and the history of ideas; science and technology; and more.

Comprehensive abstracts on modern and contemporary art dating from the late 19th century onwards, including photography since its invention.

Covers art, art history, and architectural history from antiquity to the present, with a special focus on European art and foreign language materials.

A comprehensive bibliography for material on the history of the world from 1450 to the present covering all countries and regions, excluding the United States and Canada. Also an excellent resource for a variety of disciplines including multicultural studies, sociology, psychology, women's studies/gender studies, religion, anthropology, political science, history of science, economics, business, education, music, art, and law.

Covers the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields.

Among topics covered are linguistic theory, syntax, phonology, semantics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis.

Indexes critical scholarship from all over the world on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.

The archive of books and articles consists of papers and dissertations submitted by their authors.

A continuously updated bibliography of music literature, providing broad international coverage of the world of music, from Western and Eastern classical to pop, folk, and jazz.

An extensive list of Internet sources for obtaining dissertations and theses on Africa-related topics. From the Stanford University Libraries.

A searchable directory of history dissertations that have been completed or that are currently in progress in the United States and Canada since 1873. This directory is the merger of two previous online publications, Dissertations in Progress and the Directory of Completed Dissertations.

A searchable inventory of research projects conducted by students enrolled in history programs at Canadian universities, either at the Masters or PhD level

Includes a separate search for Master of Military Art & Science Theses.

An extensive bibliography of dissertations in progress and dissertations completed from 1994 to 2007, compiled by Julie Nicoletta and distributed by The Society of Architectural Historians.

An international database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines.

A monthly current awareness service from the University of Pittsburgh. Selected, recent dissertations and theses are listed according to topic and the month of their discovery in Dissertation Abstracts.

A searchable library of theological thesis/dissertation titles.