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Australian theses

Researchers at universities around Australia produce world-leading research in pursuit of new knowledge and educational qualifications. These theses, long essays or dissertations involving personal research, are shared with Trove by our partner universities. Some of them are in print form only, some are available online in digital format. Here’s how you can search for them in Trove.

How can I browse recently produced theses?

• Go to the Trove homepage and type your keyword into the search box
• Open the Categories drop-down and choose Research and Reports
• Select the green search button
• Select the ‘Thesis’ filter on the right-hand side of the screen
• Change the ‘Sort by’ option to Date (latest first) to view the most recently published theses.

How can I browse recent Australian theses?

Trove has rules under the hood that identify the Australian-ness of a thesis.

• Go to the Trove homepage 
• Select Advanced search and choose ‘Research and reports’
• Type your keyword into the first box
• Scroll down until you see Australian content and tick that box
• Change the ‘Sort by’ option to Date (latest first) to view the most recently Australian published theses.

How can I do a more advanced, specific search for theses?

The advanced search form provides options to create a more specific search. We’ve introduced you to the Australian content option, but you can also narrow your search with these filters:

• Place of publication
• Year of publication
• Access (freely available, not available online)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language
• Funder (Australian Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council)

How can I find a particular institution’s theses only?

The Research and Reports advanced search form also contains a field that helps you find theses held at specific organisations. 

• Scroll down until you see Organisations
• Select the box and begin to type the name of the university 
• When the organisation you want turns green select it.
• Then select the green search button

Finding theses

University of sydney theses, higher degree by research theses.

We hold theses written by the University’s Higher Degree by Research (PhD or Masters by Research) students in our collections.

You can find a University of Sydney thesis by searching the  Library catalogue . Select the “Advanced search” and then select “USYD Theses” from the “Material type” dropdown menu.

You can also find digital theses by searching directly in the Sydney eScholarship repository .

Access a digital or digitised thesis

Many of the University’s digital and digitised theses are openly available for download through the Sydney eScholarship repository .

Theses marked “University of Sydney Access” are only available to current University staff and students. Libraries and private researchers can request to purchase a copy of a University of Sydney Access only thesis for AUD$18.50 (incl. GST, within Australia) or AUD$40.00 (international requests).

To purchase a digital thesis, you need to complete one of the relevant request forms below and submit it to [email protected] :

• Individuals requesting a thesis, or library requesting on behalf of an individual
• Libraries requesting a copy to be included in their collection

All requests for copies of material held at the University of Sydney Library must comply with the  Copyright Act of 1968 .

Access a hard copy thesis

Theses that are only available in printed format can be viewed in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library , Level 1, Fisher Library.

We are currently running a project to digitise hardcopy theses. You can request an update to find out where a particular thesis is in our digitisation queue by emailing [email protected] .

We don’t digitise theses on request.

Honours or postgraduate coursework theses

Search for an honours or postgraduate coursework thesis in the repository , then use the filters on the left side of the results page to narrow by “Type”.

You can also search the Honours and Postgraduate Coursework theses collection for a faculty, school or discipline (if available).

There are limited numbers of honours theses in the Sydney eScholarship repository as we have strict requirements for submission of honours theses . If you can't find the thesis you're looking for, we suggest contacting the relevant faculty office.

Theses from other Australian and New Zealand universities

Find a thesis from other Australian or New Zealand universities by searching:

• Australian theses via Trove
• Libraries Australia for Higher Degree theses awarded from 1989 onwards
• Education Research Theses for citations and abstracts from theses submitted from 1919 onwards.

If you’re interested in a thesis that isn't available online, you can request the item through our Resource Sharing Service .

International theses

For theses written and submitted at universities outside of Australia, try the following resources:

• Open Access Theses and Dissertations
• DART-Europe E-theses Portal
• British Library Electronic Digital Thesis Online Service (EThOS)
• EBSCO open dissertations
• French Thesis-On-Line Repository
• History Online – postgraduate theses in History submitted in the UK since 1995
• Index to Theses – listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations – North American theses
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Related information

For more help finding and accessing theses, speak to our friendly library staff.

All Australian National University theses are in digital form. You can search for them online through the  theses collection in ANU Open Research , and are also searchable via the  Library Catalogue .

The majority of ANU theses are openly accessible but a small number are restricted due to cultural sensitivities, copyright controls or other restrictions.

Digital theses

Digital theses can be searched online through the  theses collection in ANU Open Research .

The Australian National University Library’s theses collection holds the research output of the University’s academic community over the last 60 years. The first ANU thesis was awarded in 1953.

By digitising its print theses collection, ANU Library delivers the University’s unique and original research in a freely available, open access online collection. Digital delivery expands engagement with the Library’s collections, provides visibility to the university’s scholarship, and supports the careers of its academic community.

Restrictions

The majority of theses are openly accessible; however, some may not be available under open access conditions due to author or copyright restrictions.

If an author wishes to restrict access to their thesis (or part of it), they can elect to do so as part of the online submission process. If after 12 months an extension to that restriction is required, a new application must be completed.

In the case of a Higher Degree by Research thesis, approval is required from the Dean, Higher Degree Research and can be sought by filling out an  Extension of Thesis Restriction of Access Request Form  or emailing  [email protected] . If approved, the Open Research team will be notified and restrict access to the online version of your thesis in line with the decision made.

Read our  Restriction Infosheet  for more information about applying for restrictions on theses.

Hard copy theses

Hard copy theses can be requested  for reading within the Library, but cannot be borrowed.

The majority of theses are available for research or study, however some may not be available due to author or copyright restrictions.

To check whether access restrictions apply to a particular thesis, ask at the  Menzies Library  Information Desk or email the  ANU Library .

Non-ANU readers are advised to check in advance whether they will be granted access to a particular thesis.

Location of hard copy theses

• ANU Doctoral and Masters’ theses (1953-2018) –  Menzies Library
• Master of Law and International Law theses (pre-October 1987) –  Law Library
• ANU Honours theses – held by the  ANU Colleges
• ANU Law Honours theses (selected) – Law Library or online through  ANU Open Research
• Non-ANU theses (without access restrictions) are on the open shelves.
• Hard copy theses requests

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Finding UNSW theses

UNSW PhD or Masters by Research theses can be located via  UNSWorks . For honours theses, contact the UNSW faculty, school or the author directly.

For more information on rights of use and removing material in UNSWorks see  Copyright - UNSWorks .

Finding Australian and international theses

Australian theses.

To find Australian theses, search via:

Library collection To find UNSW Library’s collection of Australian and international theses in print, search  Library collection  for a title or keywords. Refine your results by selecting  Refine my results > Resource types > Dissertations  in the column on the left.

Trove - Australian print and digital theses Trove includes theses at all levels, including PhD, masters and honours. To limit your search to Australian theses only, use  Trove - Research & Reports  search. Tick the  Australian content  box. Next to  Format - select  Thesis  from the drop-down list.

International theses

To find international theses, search via:

BASE BASE academic search engine provides access to the repositories of 8,000 institutions. 60% of the full-text documents are open access.

CORE CORE aggregates open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide.

DART-Europe e-theses portal DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia working to improve global access to European research theses.

EBSCO open dissertations Includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations in addition to theses and dissertations from around the world. Coverage from 1955.

Open access theses and dissertations OATD provides access to open access graduate theses from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions.

Theses Canada Theses and dissertations in the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collection.

Web of Science The Web of Science ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index provides the citation information of theses from around the world. To search for thesis citations, change the search from Web of Science Core Collection to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index .

Non-UNSW theses

To obtain a thesis that is not available via the resources listed above, contact the library of the holding/publishing institution directly. Conditions of access to a thesis are determined by the author and holding library, and is outside the control of UNSW Library.

Depositing your thesis

How to  deposit  your UNSW thesis.

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Electronic access.

Full text digital University of Newcastle Higher Degree theses from the beginning of 2012 are available in the University's digital repository, NOVA . Some exceptions apply

You can search for theses in NOVA by using author, title or keyword.

You can also use Library Search to find UON theses held in NOVA. Simply use author, title or keyword.

Print copies

Copies of all University of Newcastle PhD and Research Masters theses, as well as selected Honours theses relevant to the region, are held in Special Collections within Auchmuty Library.

For PhD and Masters theses completed at the Ourimbah Campus please see Ourimbah Library staff. 

You can use Library Search to find any hardcopy UON theses held in Special Collections. Simply use author, title or keyword.

N.b.  Copies of Honours and DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) theses are not held by the library. Please contact the appropriate School or College  for more information.

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Open Access Theses

I have benefited greatly from being able to share my PhD dissertation as an open access publication – it has meant that more people have read and engaged with the research I spent so many years working on. I was glad to know there was an option to move to a Creative Commons license, so that it was clear to people what they can do with the work. Dr Lauren Gawne, PhD Graduate (School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, 2013)

Today, public access to graduate research theses is a common and valuable aspect of the open scholarship landscape. This is usually made possible by depositing the thesis in an institutional repository after final submission. To meet the best practices of open access , graduates may be encouraged to apply a Creative Commons licence to their thesis.

For candidates undertaking creative work as part of their thesis, or whose thesis includes Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) , other copyright and intellectual property considerations will apply, and full open access may not be possible. The advice on this page primarily concerns traditional text-based research theses.

Benefits of making theses open access

Until your thesis has been made open access, it is an untapped resource of original research. A thesis under embargo cannot be downloaded or read, significantly limiting the potential impact your research can have.

By making your thesis freely available to the public, you help to advance scholarly discourse in your field. You also make it available to other researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners, all of whom could build on your research in significant and meaningful ways.

For University of Melbourne graduates, your thesis being open access in Minerva Access results in it being discoverable through Google, Google Scholar, the National Library of Australia’s Trove database, and other platforms.

Making your thesis open access means it can easily be provided as an example of your work and expertise in your chosen discipline, helping to raise your researcher profile. It can also help to build your impact narrative, spark conversations, and lead to exciting collaborations, both within and beyond the academy. Once open, your thesis can also start gathering views, downloads, shares, and citations – none of which are likely if your thesis remains inaccessible to most potential readers.

Researchers in low- and middle-income countries often face significant barriers when it comes to accessing research. Making theses open access increases the amount of high-quality research available to researchers of the Global South, whose institutions may struggle to afford expensive journal descriptions or costly books ( Tennant et al., 2016 ).

Open access theses at the University of Melbourne

The University’s institutional repository, Minerva Access , provides free public access to theses completed at the University of Melbourne.

Open access is required for University of Melbourne PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research theses in all but exceptional cases. It may also be required, or encouraged, for Honours and Masters Coursework theses, depending on the school or faculty. When required and approved, temporary embargoes and ongoing access restrictions are possible.

For more information, see the FAQ and deposit advice below, or visit the Graduate Research Hub’s “My thesis in the library” page. Current graduate researchers may also wish to join one of the “Open Access and Your Thesis” webinars, which run twice each year as part of our Researcher@Library program .

Browse open access theses in Minerva Access

Publishing after your thesis is open access

Historically, publishers would not consider submissions that had been adapted from theses available online, just as, historically, many publishers would not accept submissions that had been shared as preprints . Today, however, it is increasingly rare for publishers to reject work for appearing in earlier forms as online theses or preprints, whether the submission is for a journal article, book chapter, or monograph.

That is, most publishers today do not consider theses available online as prior publications for the purposes of publishing. They are typically treated in a similar way to preprints: they are regarded as early versions of a work shared online prior to submission to a publisher.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) states that online theses should not be considered prior publications that would prevent submission to a publisher: “Where a thesis (or chapter) contains otherwise unpublished work … it should not be considered prior publication. That is, it is acceptable for the work, or parts of the work … to be submitted … to a publisher for publication” ( COPE Best practice for theses publishing, 2017 ).

There do remain some publishers, journals, and individual editors who are resistant to publishing work previously available online as theses or preprints, so check websites for publisher policies prior to submission. It may be that an editor’s or journal’s resistance is out of step with their own publisher policies.

If an editor or publisher requests that a thesis be taken offline, embargoed, or placed under access restrictions for publishing reasons, graduate researchers must negotiate on the terms of publication. Any agreement entered into with a publisher must accommodate the University making the thesis publicly available in Minerva Access (see “Can I choose not to make my graduate research thesis open access?” in the FAQ below).

Deposit your thesis

Find out how to deposit your University of Melbourne thesis in Minerva Access.

Graduate Research Theses

PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research candidates are required to submit a digital copy of their thesis to Minerva Access via the Thesis Examination System (TES). Detailed information is available on the "My thesis in the Library" page.

Honours and Masters Coursework Theses

Honours and Masters Coursework candidates are welcome to submit their completed thesis to the Minerva Access repository. This may be required by some schools or departments.

Most major scholarly journal publishers today have clear policies supporting the submission of articles derived from theses or dissertations that are publicly available. In doing so, they are following COPE best practice guidelines that recommend treating theses, like preprints, as not being prior publications for the purposes of publishing. The shift to accepting openly available theses as publications is ongoing, but in the University’s experience it is already very rare that an open access thesis is ultimately a barrier to publication.

Consider the following publisher policy examples:

Elsevier’s policy on prior publication confirms that they do not consider online publication of an academic thesis as prior publication. Like preprints, they are considered prior uses of a work that can be considered for publication. They note, however, that Lancet journals, Cell Press journals, and some society-owned journals have their own policies on prior publication that can be found on the journal homepages.

Likewise, Springer’s journal author FAQ states: “Springer will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis including those that have been made publicly available according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification.” Other Springer Nature imprints have similar policies, confirming that theses are not considered prior (or duplicate) publication – see BMC , SpringerOpen , Palgrave , and Nature .

Sage’s prior publication guidelines follow COPE guidelines and states: “Excerpts or material from your dissertation that have not been through peer review will generally be eligible for publication.”

Taylor & Francis’s Editorial Policies state that the publisher supports “the need for authors to share early versions of their work.” Although the policy does not mention theses or dissertations specifically, preprints and other Author’s Original Manuscript versions can be shared anywhere, without embargo.

Although Wiley’s overarching policies do not mention theses, their Preprints Policy confirms that the publisher will consider submissions already available online as preprints, and allows submitted manuscripts to be shared to preprint servers at any time. Individual journals’ author guidelines often confirm that theses do not count as prior publications. For example, “Articles submitted to Journal of Anatomy are done so on the following conditions: that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis)” ( Journal of Anatomy Author Guidelines ).

Major academic book publishers differ in their approaches to publishing monographs based on theses, but most are happy to consider book proposals based on theses that are available online. Some publishers have strong statements clarifying that open access theses do not present barriers to publication, while others consider matters on a case-by-case basis.

Palgrave Macmillan, for example, provides the following advice on their Early Career Researcher Hub : “Palgrave Macmillan will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis including those that have been made publicly available according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification. Prospective authors should bear in mind that every PhD thesis will need to undergo rigorous revision in order to be published as a monograph with our press.”

Likewise, Cambridge University Press considers theses and dissertations to be preprints, as covered by their Green Open Access Policy . If a monograph is based on a thesis, the policy supports that thesis being shared in full, at any time, under any licence (including a Creative Commons licence).

Some other major publishers, such as Routledge, do not have blanket statements of this kind, but consider requirements on a case-by-case basis. Such publishers will usually take into account university expectations around theses being made open access.

Be aware that some publishers who do not accept open-access theses for consideration as monographs may also ask the author to assign rights that the author does not have, such as requiring the author to assign exclusive rights for all time. Embargoes are only for a limited period, after which the University will exercise its right to make the thesis available; this right cannot be removed by the author and thus cannot be assigned in a publication contract. Some publishers go further, for example requiring that the material has not and never will be used for academic assessment, which means that they cannot consider material such as a thesis that was used in award of a degree.

Creative Commons licences make it clear to authors and readers how a work can be shared and used. University of Melbourne graduates can apply a Creative Commons licence to their thesis in Minerva Access using the following process:

• Choose a Creative Commons licence that would be suitable for your thesis. See “ Selecting a licence for your work ” on our Copyright website for guidance.
• Receive written permission from your thesis supervisor to apply the chosen Creative Commons licence.
• Email [email protected] to request your chosen Creative Commons licence be applied to your thesis, attaching the supervisor’s permission.

Note that if your thesis includes publications, you may be restricted in what licence can be applied. Consult your publishing agreement or your publisher’s website for more information. For further advice, contact the University’s Copyright Office .

At the University of Melbourne, it is a requirement of all PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research candidates that their final thesis is made open access in Minerva Access, unless exceptional circumstances mean that an embargo or ongoing access restrictions are required.

This requirement is outlined in the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321) and the Intellectual Property Policy (MPF1320) . The latter policy reads:

4.19. Student theses must be made openly available to the public through the University’s Institutional Digital Repository, unless otherwise agreed with the University (for example where an embargo has been approved by the University). The University is deemed to have been granted by the Student a non-exclusive, royalty free, world-wide and irrevocable licence to use and reproduce the Student theses for non-commercial educational, teaching and research purposes, including making the thesis available to the public through the University’s Institutional Repository.

Students must retain all necessary rights to enable the University to publish and share the thesis and not grant exclusive copyright licence to a thesis to any other person or organisation.

Likewise, our Principles for Open Access to Research Outputs at Melbourne states:

10. Graduate researchers are expected to make their research thesis publicly available via the University’s institutional repository unless otherwise agreed with the University, and to make their thesis available within the University via the repository in all but exceptional cases. Note that the University’s right to publish and share a thesis is irrevocable and cannot be overridden by a private publication agreement.

For information on how to apply a temporary embargo or formally request permanent access restrictions, see the FAQ item below and consult the “My thesis in the library” page.

If you are a University of Melbourne graduate researcher, you may apply a temporary embargo to your thesis or formally request permanent access restrictions when certain criteria are met. Embargoes and access restrictions can also be applied to portions of your thesis, whether this is through the redaction of third-party copyright material or through the embargo or restriction of certain chapters or appendices.

When summitting your final thesis in the Thesis Examination System (TES), you can request a two-year embargo, which will be granted if you meet the required criteria. This can be either an external embargo, where access is limited to interlibrary loans and University of Melbourne staff and students, or a full embargo, where the thesis not available by any means. Full embargo is only granted in highly exceptional circumstances. The two-year embargo period can be shortened, or extended to four years, with the support of your supervisor. Further information on embargoes and embargo criteria can be found on the “My thesis in the library” page.

As covered in the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321) , ongoing restricted access arrangements must be approved by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate & International Research) in consultation with the relevant Dean. Further information, and the restricted access request form, can be found on the “My thesis in the library” page.

Note that applications to have embargoes extended purely for publishing reasons are only granted when extenuating circumstances apply. Requests for permanent access restrictions that are sought to comply with publisher contracts are never granted. In most cases, however, these are not required, as most publishers today understand the requirements for theses to be freely available in institutional repositories.

Yes. Any University of Melbourne graduate who opted to embargo their thesis can choose to release it from embargo early. To end an embargo before its original end date:

• Check to make sure that ending the embargo early would not conflict with any agreements made with third parties (for example, publishers).
• Receive written permission from your thesis supervisor to shorten the embargo period.
• Email [email protected] to request a change to embargo end date, attaching your supervisor’s permission.

When preparing a thesis with publications, candidates should follow the guidelines on the “Incorporating your published work in your thesis” and “Submitting my thesis” pages, as well as the “Preparation of Graduate Research Theses Rules.”

If your publication is still in review and has not yet been formally accepted for publication, you should include the submitted manuscript in your thesis.

Once accepted for publication, or published, you should use the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) – the final manuscript accepted for publication after peer review and revisions.

Final published versions can only be included when you have explicit permission to do so and when it does not conflict with your publishing agreement. Final PDFs can be always used for open access publications carrying Creative Commons licences.

It is important to check publisher policies to determine which version can be shared and whether an embargo is required. In the absence of policies pertaining specifically to inclusion in online theses, candidates should follow policies governing what can be shared in institutional repositories. These policies should be available on journal or publisher websites and may be referred to as open access policies, sharing policies, or self-archiving policies. For journal articles, the Sherpa Romeo deposit policy register can be used to determine sharing policies and embargo requirements.

Also note that some publishers offer specific permissions to include Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) or final published versions in theses. For example, the publisher Sage allows the final PDF of a candidate’s article to be included in their thesis and made available online. Their Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines states: “You may use the Final Published PDF (or Original Submission or Accepted Manuscript, if preferred) … in your dissertation or thesis, including where the dissertation or thesis will be posted in any electronic Institutional Repository or database.”

For more information, see the “My thesis in the library” page, along with the advice contained on the Copyright Office’s “Copyright and your thesis” page. The “Declaration for publication incorporated in a thesis” form can be found on the “Submitting my thesis” page.

Some theses contain information that cannot be made public, such as confidential or private data, or third-party copyright material where permission to publish has not been obtained. In these cases, it may be necessary to submit a redacted version of your thesis with third-party copyright content removed. You would then be submitting two copies:

• The original, examined thesis, which will be archived (not available for online public access).
• A redacted “public access” copy, with non-compliant material removed (ensure you maintain page number integrity).

Guidelines on how and when to seek permissions, recording copyright statuses, and redacting copyright material can be found on the “Copyright and your thesis” and the “My thesis in the library” pages. For more information, please consult the Copyright Office .

Further Support

For enquiries relating to open access and scholarly publishing, please contact your Faculty or Subject Liaison Librarians .

If you require assistance using Minerva Access, or have requests relating to existing Minerva Access thesis records, please email [email protected] .

Copyright enquiries should be directed to the Copyright Office at [email protected] .

For all other enquiries relating to thesis preparation and submission, please email your faculty or school’s graduate research contact .

Page last updated 1 February 2024.

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Institutional repository

Repositories hosted by institutions to collect the research outputs of that institution. They often collect a broad range of digital items including articles, papers, books, book chapters, reports, data, and creative outputs.

The University of Melbourne has two institutional repositories:  Minerva Access for research outputs, and Melbourne Figshare for research data, reports, supplementary research materials, and non-traditional research outputs (NTROs). You can find out more about Minerva Access and Melbourne Figshare on our Repository Open Access page .

Open access

Open access refers to the availability of research outputs via the internet, such that any user can find, freely access, read, and download the output without charge. Best practice in open access is to use open licences, such as Creative Commons licences, that permit users to copy, distribute, print, search, link, crawl, mine, and otherwise use and reuse the research output, as long as proper attribution is provided. Find out more on our What Is Open Access? page.

Creative Commons licences

Open licences that have become best practice in open access publishing. They are built using a combination of elements: BY (Attribution), SA (Share-Alike), NC (Non-Commercial), and ND (No Derivatives). All licences are detailed on the Creative Commons website .

The most open of the licences is the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This licence allows authors to retain their copyright while granting others permission to distribute, use, adapt, remix, and build upon the material, so long as attribution is given to the creator. This is the preferred, and sometimes required, licence of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), as well as many international research funders.

The most restrictive is the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence does not allow for any commercial uses or the creation and sharing of any adaptations or derivative versions. It greatly restricts how others can use the work and, when adopted as part of an exclusive licence to publish with a publisher, can result in a significant loss of author rights.

In the context of open access publishing and sharing, embargoes are a restriction imposed by publishers on the public release of an output. Most scholarly publishers will allow the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of a journal article or book chapter to be made open access in a repository after an embargo of between 12 and 36 months.

Staff at our institutional repository, Minerva Access , will determine and manage embargoes before making any version of a research output publicly available.

A version of an article or paper that is shared openly prior to formal peer review or publication. Preprints are typically shared on preprint servers, such as arXiv.org , bioRxiv , OSF Preprints , SSRN , or Zenodo .

Find out more on our Preprints page.

Submitted manuscript

The submitted manuscript is the version of a research output originally submitted to a venue, such as a journal or book publisher. This version typically undergoes editorial review and may subsequently be sent on for peer review.

In the past, submitted manuscripts were sometimes called preprints , although this term now has a different meaning: early versions of article or papers shared prior to peer review on preprint servers.

Find out more about article versions on the Minerva Access website .

Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) / Accepted version

The version of an article, paper, book, or book chapter that has been accepted for publication. It is the author’s final manuscript version after peer review and revisions, but prior to the publisher’s copyediting, typesetting, and formatting results in a proof.

Version of Record (VoR)

The final published version of a research output – usually the publisher’s final PDF.

Unless the work is published open access under a Creative Commons licence, this version cannot generally be shared or made open access in a repository.

Non-Traditional Research Output (NTRO)

A broad term encompassing research outputs that do not take the form of typical peer-reviewed scholarly publications (journal articles, books and book chapters, conference publications).

Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) include visual artworks, creative writing, films, performances, recordings, music composition, building and design projects, curated exhibitions, and portfolios. They may also be referred to as Artistic and Practice Based Research Outputs (APROs).

To be considered a research output for reporting purposes, an NTRO must meet the definition of research established in the Australian Research Council's  2018-19 ERA report :

Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.

University of Melbourne researchers can find out more about reporting their NTROs on our Research Gateway: Add Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) to Find an Expert .

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Finding a University of Adelaide Thesis

Use Library Search to find theses written by University of Adelaide graduates.

This includes all University of Adelaide PhD and Masters by Research theses and selected Masters by Coursework and Honours theses.

Where possible, the Library provides online and open access to theses through Adelaide Research & Scholarship .

For more help, see this Guide.

Thesis preparation and lodgement

PhD and Masters by Research theses are added to Adelaide Research & Scholarship as part of the final thesis lodgement process.

For more information, please visit the Research Student Handbook on the Adelaide Graduate Centre website or email us.

Donating University of Adelaide theses to the library

The library does not accept donations of print theses.

Online Masters by Coursework theses may be added to Adelaide Research & Scholarship on request .

Online Honours theses may added as a special arrangement with Faculties or Schools. Email us to find out more.

Select one of the collections below to find theses written by master and doctorate students from Curtin and around the world.

Requests for theses not available through the sources above (staff and HDR students only)

Search the above listed theses databases to see if the thesis you require is freely available online. If you cannot find it, you can request a copy via the Library’s document delivery service.

To submit a request, please follow the steps described in requesting items . You will be notified via email when your request is available. The time taken to receive theses varies considerably, but you are advised to allow at least six weeks.

Some theses may not be supplied due to copyright restrictions or embargoes, or a variety of other reasons given by the supplying institution.

Requests for copies of Curtin Theses by members of the public

Members of the public can request copies of theses held at universities via the National Library Copies Direct service:

• Click on describe the item , then under Order form for copies and Reproductions choose Book and click on Select Order form .
• The form should then be completed with as many details as possible.
• It is important under the additional information section to type Thesis .

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Library Search is not recommended for finding theses as part of a literature review as it only includes theses from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global and QUT Theses , and only where fulltext is available online.

For a general search of available theses, start with one of the following Library databases:

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The majority of recently published theses are freely available on open access repositories and many older theses are being digitised and made available online. Using a specialist search engine along with major repositories provides good coverage for a comprehensive theses search.

Recommended search engines:

• BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) - Ensure only the Theses option is ticked. If a link to fulltext fails try the Google Scholar option in the record to see if an alternative source is available.
• Google Scholar - Although searches cannot be limited to theses, Google Scholar is an effective search tool for finding a specific thesis.

The following repositories aggregate thesis records from universities and other research institutions:

• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) - A large thesis index with links to many fulltext records. Note: If you find a broken link on NDLTD try searching Google Scholar for the fulltext.
• DART-Europe E-theses Portal - Theses published in the European Union.
• British Library EThOS - Theses published by most UK universities. Registration is required to download.
• NZResearch.org.nz - The most comprehensive search of New Zealand theses. Change the Resources Type to Specific Types and tick Theses .
• Theses Canada - Theses published by most Canadian universities.

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UQ Library holds Higher Degree by Research theses and some Honours and Coursework master's theses. 

Print or online UQ theses

• Go to the Advanced search of Library Search
• Enter your search keywords in the search box
• Use the drop-down option to choose UQ School, Centre or Institute  and add the name of the School
• Under Content type select Theses
• Click Search to see the results
• Under Refine my results you can sort the results further by relevance or date.

UQ eSpace is the institutional repository for UQ research publications, including UQ Higher Degree by Research theses

Find online versions of UQ theses :

• Go to  UQ eSpace
• Enter your search keywords or title
• At Work type choose Thesis
• Scroll down to click Search

A UQ staff or student log in may be required to view the full text of online theses. Some theses may be unavailable due to embargoes.

To request access to a print copy of a UQ thesis:

UQ students and staff and Alumni Library members: 

• Make sure you have logged in 
• Click on the  Available at link in the result in Library Search

• Complete the form details. 

• Click on the  Place a Request  button

Many theses are kept within collections in University of Queensland schools.

This is often the only way to obtain honours theses and coursework master's theses.

Please contact the appropriate school .

If you are NOT a UQ student, UQ staff member or Alumni member of the UQ Library you can:

• order copies of UQ Theses
• place requests through your own educational institution or local library.
• order copies online via the National Library of Australia's  Copies Direct service.
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Finding UniSA theses

The Library Collection includes:

• UniSA theses
• non-UniSA theses individually purchased
• theses subscribed to via databases

You can access the Library Collection via the link below:

• Library Collection

To find UniSA theses:

Finding external theses

The following databases are useful places to start your search:

To find Australian theses:

• Trove Trove is an Australian online database aggreggator and service which includes digital images, bibliographic and full-text document such as academic theses

Click on Advanced Search and select  Research & Reports from the drop-down menu

• Refine your results to Format: Thesis (right). You can also select Access: Online (You can also select Free access to view theses without access restrictions)
• Select the title to open the record
• Select Read to view  

If the item is not freely available, you may be able to request it via the interlibrary loan service  

• Request an interlibrary loan Request items not held by UniSA Library. This service is available to UniSA staff, Higher Degree by Research students, and other students who are doing research

To find international theses:

There are several sources for these. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is one major source - you can do a title or keyword search. Others are available via Google Scholar and a range of other sources, many of which are listed in the UniSA Databases by Category: Theses list.

• Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global has the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertation and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day
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Finding external art theses or exegeses

Proquest dissertations and theses global example:.

• Select Advance Search

• Select Search

Trove search example:

• Click on  Advanced Search  and select  Research & Reports  from the drop-down menu
• In the keyword field type: exegesis
• Limit your results to Format: Thesis (right)

Obtaining a thesis from another library

You may discover a thesis you want to read via a recommendation from your supervisor, a citation in an article or book, or from searching.

If the full text is not available online, you can submit an interlibrary loan via the Resource Sharing Request form.

Add in as much information as possible, under the heading of 'Book'. UniSA Library will then try to obtain either a physical or digital copy for you.

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For examples of research proposals please contact your relevant Academic Unit.

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As a researcher at Victoria University (VU), you can access a great range of resources and support services.

The VU library gives you access to countless journals, collections and research materials. Plus, as a research staff or Higher Degree Research candidate, you can use research lounges and receive valuable professional and personal support.

Our library subscribes to a number of online databases, which collectively cover a huge range of disciplines and subjects.

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The Special Collections comprise of many individual collections and are a valuable research resource.

• Victoria University Research Repository

The Victoria University Research Repository is a place for you house your publications.

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Take advantage of our student lounge at our Footscray Park library, and and research rooms at our St Albans and Werribee campus libraries.

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Gain access to material not held at the VU Library though the document request service.

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If you are not able to find particular items within the VU Library, you can try to obtain these items from other libraries.

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Theses & research papers

According to University regulations, PhD and Masters by Research theses are required to be deposited with the:

• Victoria University (VU) Library
• University Archive
• College in which the candidate conducted the work.

It is also compulsory to lodge an electronic copy with the  Victoria University Research Repository (VURR) . Your thesis will then be indexed by search engines, eg. Google.

Copies of VU Honours and Higher Degree Coursework (minor) theses are kept by the College in which the student was enrolled. Access to these theses is dependent on conditions imposed by the relevant College. Contact should be made directly to the College concerned.

VU Library has copies of theses for loan. Most are in book format, some of the older ones are available only on microfiche.

To locate a VU thesis, use  Library Search to carry out a keyword search and combine terms such as 'thesis' and 'Victoria University' with broad subject categories, for example, 'marketing'. Older theses from the former Footscray Institute of Technology can be located by substituting 'Footscray Institute' for 'Victoria University'.

If you cannot find a thesis in the Library or the College, contact the University Archivist at [email protected] . If the thesis is held by the Archives, arrangements can be made to view the archive copy under supervision.

VU theses may also be available electronically in the  Victoria University Research Repository (VURR).

Some theses from other Australian institutions may be held by Victoria University Library. These can be located by doing a keyword, author or title search in Library Search.

Locate Australian theses by searching:

• Trove  – combined catalogue for searching Australian libraries
• Subject databases and some specialist databases index theses.

VU Library may have some international theses in the main collection that are available to borrow, however most international theses will not be held.

Locate international theses by searching:

• OpenDOAR : an international directory of academic open access repositories that assists you to locate institutional repositories on any subject area, from any country (including Australia).
• Digital Dissertations : a database of citations and abstracts describing Masters and PhD theses and dissertations. The emphasis is on theses from universities and graduate schools in the US with some coverage of Northern European, Australian and Asian universities.
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) : a site that provides access to mainly dissertations and theses from America but includes other countries.
• Libraries Australia: this searches Australian libraries, which may have some international theses in their collections.
• Subject databases and some specialist databases index theses: these can be located through Google or Google Scholar, or other internet search engines and directories.

Australian and international theses that have been located but are not held by VU Library can be obtained by:

• Document request system : a service that is only available to staff and Higher Degree students. Not all institutions will lend theses.
• Suggestion for purchase : some theses may be purchased for the VU Library collection. Purchase depends on available funds and collection selection criteria. Selection is approved by the appropriate Liaison Librarian for the College and Campus.
• Making personal arrangements to visit the holding institution: VU staff and students can borrow at other universities by enrolling in the  CAVAL or National Borrowing Scheme .

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Finding and accessing theses, charles sturt theses.

Charles Sturt Research Masters / PhD theses are available as follows:

Theses from 2009 - are available online in the Charles Sturt Research Output (CRO) repository as PDF files.

Older ‘print only’ theses held by the Library can found using the Advanced Search option in Primo Search :

• Select Advanced Search .
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• Select Any field and as a phrase enter charles sturt university .
• Select Material Type = Theses .
• Click Search .

You can search for CSU theses about a specific topic by including additional keywords, e.g. marketing

Print theses must be used in the library only. If a thesis is held at another Charles Sturt Campus Library, you can ask for it to be sent to you at your local Charles Sturt Campus Library.

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The National Library of Australia’s Trove database lists most Australian university theses. Not all online theses are publicly available.

• Go to the Trove homepage and type your keyword into the search box
• Open the Categories drop-down and choose Research and Reports
• Select the green search button
• Use Refine your results on the right to limit the Format to Thesis, and Access to Free access.

International

• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database Doctoral and Masters theses abstracts from US, European, British, and Irish graduate schools and universities, plus many available in full-text.
• EBSCO Open Dissertations OpenDissertations.org is a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs to improve discoverability of ETD research.
• EThOS Theses and dissertations from higher education institutes in United Kingdom. Registration required [free] in order to view theses online.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) International database of theses and dissertations.
• Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theses and dissertations from more than 130 institutions. TREN includes conference papers from several academic societies.
• Theses Canada Theses and dissertations from Canadian higher education institutions.
• DART-Europe: e-thesis portal Searchable database of research theses held in European repositories with links to at least one electronic copy of every thesis it lists.
• Hong Kong: Dissertations and Theses Collections (DTC) Online union collection of Hong Kong and Macau postgraduate students' doctoral and master dissertations and theses.

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Online purchase.

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Alternatively, the library can locate and purchase a copy of a thesis on your behalf. Charges apply and are based on the rates outlined in the Australian ILRS Code but may vary according to the individual library.

Interlibrary Loans staff will provide a quote before proceeding with the request. Use the ILL Request link in Primo Search to submit a request.

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Recommend a title for purchase using the Suggest New Materials form.

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Text and Data Mining Projects

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is one of the most requested data-sets for text and data mining because of its broad historic to present-day coverage and deep and comprehensive data results found in the full-text records.  TDM Studio can be used alongside PQDT to easily and efficiently extract data and analyze it. See the list below for articles and projects published by scholars who used ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global data:

• TDM Studio ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Case Studies
• Mapping Research Trends with ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Univ. North Carolina)
• Indiana University using Dissertations Data for Research
• ProQuest Dissertation Database Provides Critical Information for Research Projects Across the US
• City University of New York

Trends in the Evolution of Research and Doctoral Education

Bruce A. Weinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Public Affairs from The Ohio State University shares how text and data mining of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global allows researchers to understand doctoral career trajectory patterns.

Improving Graduate Student Outcomes

Dr. Jearl (Ken) Helvey, Assistant Professor of Education – Doctoral Program at Texas Wesleyan University on how incorporating dissertations into the curriculum improved the doctoral student success at Texas Wesleyan University.

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Dissertations & theses (south & southeast asia including australia, new zealand): home, dissertations, theses & preprints.

• Electronic thesis and dissertations of Indian Institute of Science This repository has been developed to capture, disseminate and preserve research theses of Indian Institute of Science. It complements ePrints@IISc , the research publications repository of IISc.
• Etheses--A Saurashtra University Library Service Online archive of PhD theses of Saurasthra University
• Knowledge Repository Open Network (KNoor) University of Kashmir digital repository. Includes multilingual Ph.D. theses .
• NTLTD Global ETD search. Search the 4,044,454 [as of 8-26-15] electronic theses and dissertations contained in the NDLTD archive. Service provided by Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
• Pakistan research repository . This link opens in a new window Pakistan Research Repository is an ongoing project of the Higher Education Commission to promote the international visibility of research originating out of institutes of higher education in Pakistan. The aim of this service is to maintain a digital archive of all PhD and M Phil theses. more... less... Pakistan research repository .
• Researching World Christianity: Doctoral Dissertations on Mission since 1894 International Bulletin of Missionary Research with Yale Divinity School Library. includes English-language doctoral dissertations without regard to country of origin. Second, rather than focusing narrowly on missions, it also includes dissertations dealing with Christianity outside the West. Excluded are dissertations about Christianity in Europe, Australasia, and North America, with the exception of aboriginal missions in those areas. Third, it expands the chronological scope to include dissertations presented since 1894. Over 6,250 titles as of May 2014.
• Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses. Digital repository of Indian electronic theses and dissertations. 43039 theses uploaded as of 8-26-2015
• ShodhGangotri : Repository of Indian Research in Progress details (Synopses/Research Proposals for PhD programme) Under the initiative, research scholars / research supervisors in universities are requested to deposit electronic version of approved synopsis submitted by research scholars to the universities for registering themselves for the Ph.D programme. The repository on one hand, would reveal the trends and directions of research being conducted in Indian universities, on the other hand it would avoid duplication of research. Synopsis in “ShodhGangotri” would later be mapped to full-text theses in " ShodhGanga ".
• Theses Canada portal = Portail de theses Canada. This link opens in a new window This website provides a central access point for Canadian theses. It allows to search AMICUS, Canada's national online catalogue, for bibliographic records of all theses in the National Library of Canada theses collection, which was established in 1965, and access for free the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations. more... less... Theses Canada portal = Portail de theses Canada.
• Trove theses (National Library of Australia) The National Library of Australia's Trove service is a free repository of Australian material, including almost a million Australian theses. For instructions and advice on locating theses from Australian and New Zealand universities, see Finding Australian theses at the CAUL site.

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