Yale University Library Research Guides: Classics: Dissertations & Theses

Dissertation search tools available at Yale

Orbis (Yale dissertations only)
Orbis holds records for all Yale dissertations for which microfilm copies exist, i.e. all dissertations completed in departments of the Graduate School since 1965, plus select dissertations completed in departments of the Graduate School between 1892 & 1965.

Yale dissertations can be located in Orbis by:
(1) Entering the author / title in a Simple Search
(2) Using the terms “dissertation” or “thesis” and words known to be in the bibliographic record in a Keyword search.
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If you do not locate a Yale dissertation in Orbis, check the card catalog at Manuscripts and Archives. Except for some early dissertations that are not available, all Yale dissertations are held at Manuscripts and Archives.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
This database makes nearly every dissertation ever filed in the United States available in PDF format. Not all dissertations are available, however, as authors with dissertations under contract with a press are sometimes encouraged not to make their dissertations freely available. In these cases you can at least read an abstract. Note that you can search by school, department, and adviser.

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Please note that European dissertations differ from their American counterparts at the methodological, conceptual and very often at the formal levels.

Theses in Spanish from European institutions

Bases de Datos TESEO
Base de datos que recoge y permite recuperar información de las tesis doctorales registradas en las universidades españolas desde 1976.
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Es la base de datos del Registro Nacional de Tesis Doctorales, del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Se genera a través del Registro que Tesis que realiza cada universidad. La actualización no está muy al día, pero nos sirve para consultar los datos: título, autor, director, universidad, departamento, fecha y, a veces, un breve resumen. No proporciona el acceso al texto completo de las tesis, sólamente los datos esenciales. Desde Teseo tampoco se puede solicitar el acceso o la reproducción. Teseo es una base de datos, no un depósito de tesis.
La Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes - Tesis doctorales relacionadas con la literatura
El apartado de tesis doctorales en español, de la Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes.
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Base de datos con tesis en o sobre lenguas hispánicas defendidas en cualquier país del mundo. Aunque hay un convenio con algunas universidades, las tesis ofrecidas por la Biblioteca Virtual Cervantes dependen de la voluntad del autor y de su autorización. Se pueden consultar: por autores, por títulos, por universidades y por temas. Para buscar una tesis se puede utilizar el buscador general, aunque recomendamos la búsqueda avanzada del mismo.

Algunas tesis doctorales están digitalizadas y se puede tener acceso al texto completo
Dialnet. Tesis.
Sitio del portal Dialnet en el que se informa sobre las tesis de algunas Universidades Españolas
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Base de datos de tesis doctorales de la Universidad de Extremadura, Universidad de La Rioja, Universidad Pública de Navarra.

Se puede consultar por universidades, por áreas, por autores o por título. Los resultados muestran los datos de autor, título, año de lectura, universidad.

En la mayoría se puede leer el resumen y en muchas se permite la descarga del documento (en pdf).
Catálogo de Tesis: TESIUNAMI
TDR. Tesis doctorales en red
Repositorio perteneciente a NDLTD que contiene, en formato digital, las tesis doctorales leídas en varias universidades españolas.

Theses from Portuguese-speaking institutions

Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações (IBICT) (Brazil)

Depósito de Dissertações e Teses Digitais (Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon)

Dissertações de Doutouramento, Universidad da Coimbra

Teses e Dissertações, Universidad de São Paulo

From francophone and American institutions

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
This database makes nearly every dissertation ever filed in the United States available in PDF format. Not all dissertations are available, however, as authors with dissertations under contract with a press are sometimes encouraged not to make their dissertations freely available. In these cases you can at least read an abstract. Note that you can search by school, department, and adviser.
CRL Center for Research Libraries Foreign Doctoral Dissertations
Holds 800,000 dissertations from universities outside the U.S. and Canada. However, only 20,000 of these are cataloged in the database. If you know the exact title of a dissertation and do not find it in the database, CRL recommends searching the CRL Catalog. If the title does not appear in the database or the catalog, contact CRL directly to inquire if it is held.
CRL continues to acquire about 5,000 titles per year from major universities.
The Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress
This site holds a database of voluntarily-registered, author-identified doctoral dissertations in progress around the world. Its goal is to avoid duplications in doctoral dissertations, create the ultimate meeting place for researchers, and allow for interaction between them. Bear in mind, though, that only dissertations which have been registered by their authors can be found in the database. Registration and access to the database are free.
Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (NDLTD)
The NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
The NDLTD Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations. For students and researchers, the Union Catalog makes individual collections of NDLTD member institutions and consortia appear as one seamless digital library of ETDs.
Le Portail Francophone des Thèses Electroniques
Le portail sud-Americain des theseselectroniques
Amicus
Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. Description des fonds, incluant les thèses.
Theses Canada
This is your central access point for Canadian theses. From here you will be able to:
- search AMICUS, Canada's national online catalog, for bibliographic records of all theses in Library and Archives Canada's theses collection;
- access & search the full text electronic versions of numerous Canadian theses and dissertations;
- find out everything you need to know about Theses Canada, including how to find a thesis, information on copyright, etc.

From French institutions

BNF: Thèses et écrits académiques
Cyberthèses
DART-Europe
The European portal for finding electronic theses and dissertations. DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.
SUDOC - Le catalogue du Système Universitaire de Documentation
TEL (thèses-EN-ligne)
Theses on Microfilm
In France, all doctoral students should have deposited a copy with the "Atelier national de reproduction des thèses" who provide microfilms for libraries, but also paper copies on demand (you can pay now by bank card).

From German, Austrian and U.K. institutions

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
German dissertations since 1998 are comprehensively collected by the National Library of Germany
Dissonline
Searches electronic university publications held by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, including dissertations and "Habilitationen".
Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS)
EThOS offers free access, in a secure format, to the full text of electronically stored UK theses--a rich and vast body of knowledge.
Index to Theses
A Comprehensive Listing of Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by Universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Abstracts are available from many theses since 1970 and for all since 1986.
Österreichische Dissertationsdatenbank
This database references over 55,000 dissertations and theses held at Austrian universities; select dissertations are available online.

From Italian institutions

Catalogo delle tesi di dottorato
Contiene le schede relative alle tesi di dottorato di ricerca consegnate alla Biblioteca dal 1987 al 1990. Dopo questa data è necessario consultare l'apposita serie speciale della Bibliografia Nazionale Italiana (BNI).
Catalogo in linea (OPAC) del polo BNCF

Classics: Dissertations & Theses

Dissertation search tools available at Yale

Looking for a PhD thesis in Classics?

Theses in Spanish from European institutions

Theses from Portuguese-speaking institutions

From francophone and American institutions

From French institutions

From German, Austrian and U.K. institutions

From Italian institutions

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