Find Dissertations & Theses

Find a Dissertation Written by an Ohio State Student

You can search the OSU Catalog for dissertations by:

Author (Last Name, First Name)
   Example: Yost, Jeffrey
Title
   Example: Dance in another dimension
Department

Click on the department, division, college, or school name below to see a list of that department's dissertations since 1986 available from OSU Libraries. Note: multiple listings may be present due to organizational name changes. The list of titles from the library catalog will open in a new tab/window.

Accounting and Management Information Systems Aerospace Engineering African American and African Studies Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Allied Medical Professions Anatomy Animal Sciences Anthropology Architecture Art Art Education Art Education Astronomy Aviation Biochemistry Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Business Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Chemical Physics Program Chemistry City and Regional Planning Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science Communication Communication Comparative Studies Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Dance Dentistry Dentistry Dept.of Horticulture and Crop Science Earth Sciences East Asian Languages and Literatures Economics Education and Human Ecology Education and Human Ecology Education and Human Ecology Education and Human Ecology Education and Human Ecology Education and Human Ecology Educational Policy and Leadership Electrical and Computer Engineering English Entomology Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Science Graduate Program Epidemiology and Biostatistics Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Food Science and Technology Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering French and Italian Geography Geography Germanic Languages and Literatures Greek and Latin Health Services Management and Policy History History of Art

Human and Community Resource Development Human Development and Family Science Human Nutrition Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program Internal Medicine International Studies John Glenn Public Affairs Landscape Architecture Linguistics Management and Human Resources Materials Science and Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Microbiology Molecular Genetics Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program Music Natural Resources Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Neuroscience Nursing Obstetrics and Gynecology Ophthalmology Optometry Pathology Pediatrics Pharmacology Pharmacy Philosophy Physical Activity and Educational Services Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physics Physiology and Cell Biology Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology Plant Pathology Political Science Psychology Public Health Radiologic Technology Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Slavic and East European Studies Social Work Sociology Spanish and Portuguese Speech and Hearing Science Statistics Surgery Theatre Veterinary Biosciences Veterinary Clinical Sciences Veterinary Preventive Medicine Women's Studies

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Find a Dissertation Written by Students at Other Universities in Ohio

Many colleges and universities in Ohio are placing recent dissertations and some theses in the OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, which contains PDFs mostly post-2002 items and a selection of pre-2002 items. At the OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center site, you can

• Search the full text of dissertation and theses,
• Browse by school and department, or
• Browse by author.

If you do not find what you are looking for, you can search the OhioLINK catalog, for print and select electronic dissertations and theses at Ohio colleges and universities.

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Search for Dissertations Worldwide

Search Proquest Dissertations & Theses for dissertations from colleges and schools in the U.S. and Canada and select schools in other countries. Full-text is available for dissertaions after 1997 (and some even earlier). If you are looking for items from a specific institution, choose School name/code from the drop down menu next to a search box. A "Browse schools" link will appear next to the search box to assist you with school names. You may also search departments, subjects, author, abstract, title, and more.

Other Websites with Dissertations & Theses include:

• Theses Canada Portal
• Australasian Digital Theses Program
• Index to Theses (UK and Ireland)
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (Various University and Countries represented)
• WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (International coverage)
• Google (Place quotation marks ("") around the titles you search)

See our Research Databases: Dissertation and Theses page for more search tools.

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Request a Dissertation or Thesis Through Interlibrary Services

OSU students, faculty and staff may request copies of dissertations & theses which are not available either electronically or in print from the OSU Libraries, OhioLINK, or the any of the sites listed on the OSU Libraries Research Databases: Dissertations and Theses page from Interlibrary Services. Please provide as much information as you can about the dissertation or thesis you desire when making your request.

Non-English Dissertations are often difficult for the OSU Libraries to obtain. Additional options for obtaining a copy of particular Dissertation or Thesis include purchasing a copy directly from:

• Proquest Dissertations & Theses if available, or the
• CRL Demand Purchase Program. Please ask Interlibrary Services for assistance with this. Note: this option may take several months.

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Still need help? Please contact Danny Dotson for assistance.

Updated: 5/14/08, dd (content);7/23/08, sam (format)