Education

Resources for research on topics in education

Finding Dissertations

Dissertations can be very helpful to find further research on aspects of a topic. Make sure to review the reference list in the dissertations you find.

ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst This link opens in a new window
A repository for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Amherst community.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
US and Canadian dissertations and theses from 1861 to present. Mostly full-text 1997 to present.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Do You Have a Citation for the Dissertation?

If you have the citation for the dissertation and it has the information for the college or university, you can search online to see if the institution has an open access repository. If they do, the dissertation may be available in their repository. Search online for the name of the institution and "repository."

If you cannot find a repository, you can submit an interlibrary loan request to see if we can get a copy for you.

Borrowing From Other Libraries
Learn how to submit a request to get materials from other libraries free of charge!

Open Access Dissertations

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new window
Indexes of over 3.5 million graduate-level electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) that are freely available online.
Content is freely available for use by all.
EBSCO Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window
OpenDissertations.org includes records from the British Library’s EThOS Service, the University of Florida, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of North Texas, and the University of Kentucky.
Content is freely available for use by all.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) This link opens in a new window
Contains over 5 million dissertations and theses from around the world
Content is freely available to all.

Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Use this search to find repositories across the world. This will search for repositories, not for the items within repositories. To find repositories for theses and dissertations, limit the search to "e - Theses" in the Repository Type section.

Theses Canada This link opens in a new window
Full-text Canadian theses and dissertations in the Library and Archives Canada collection
Content is freely available for use by all.