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Print copies of postgraduate theses from Heriot-Watt University
are available in the Riccarton Library. Details are
included in the Library
catalogue and are
marked: "Theses collection". If you're looking
for a specific thesis, you can search by author or title
in the catalogue, but for more detailed
information on locating theses, see
How to find Heriot-Watt
theses in the catalogue.
A printed Index of Heriot-Watt Postgraduate theses is
available at the Service Desk. Postgraduate theses are not kept on the open
shelves, so if you want to look at them you must request
them at the Service Desk. Most theses can only
be used in the Library, but if two copies are held, one
may be borrowed. In other cases, ask the awarding School
for a loan copy.
Electronic copies of postgraduate theses are
available through
ROS: The Research Output Service, and details are
included in the Library
catalogue.
The Library also has undergraduate honours
dissertations and Masters dissertations for
some Schools at Heriot-Watt University. These are
shelved on Level 2 in the section labelled
"Dissertations". For more information on these
dissertations, please ask at the Service Desk.
The Scottish Borders Campus Library holds collections of
postgraduate theses, dissertations and student projects
for subjects taught and researched at the Scottish
Borders Campus.
The Theses Collection includes PhDs, MPhils,
and some bound copies of other types of dissertation.
The Student Projects are a selection from
taught postgraduate courses - such as MSc and MDes - and
undergraduate courses.
All theses and projects are included in the Library
catalogue and are marked respectively as "Theses
Collection" and "Student Projects". If you are looking
for a specific thesis or project, you can search by
author or title in the catalogue. For more
detailed information on locating theses, see
How to find Heriot-Watt theses in the catalogue.
Theses are kept in the Thesis
Room on the Ground Floor of the Library . If you wish to
look at a thesis, please give details to the Service
Desk. Most theses are for "Reference" only, but if two
copies are held, one may be borrowed. Student Projects
are located on shelves next to the Enquiry Desk on the
First Floor of the Library, and may be borrowed for one
week.
Selected projects are gradually being made available
online.
For more information on theses and student projects,
please ask at the Service Desk.
If you wish to consult a thesis
which is not available in full text
through the services mentioned below,
we can often provide this through our
Inter
Library Loan service.
Index to Theses
A comprehensive listing of theses with
abstracts accepted for higher degrees by
universities in Great Britain and
Ireland since 1716.
EThOS
Search across 250,000 UK Theses. Full text of some theses is
available.
Networked Digital Library of
Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
NDLTD is an
international organization dedicated to
promoting the adoption, creation, use,
dissemination and preservation of
electronic analogues to the traditional
paper-based theses and dissertations.
Full text of some theses is available.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Abstracts
PQDT is a database giving details of
doctoral dissertations and master's
theses from over 1,000 graduate schools
and universities in North America and
from around the globe (requires Heriot-Watt username/password).
Australasian Digital Theses
Program
A distributed database of digital
versions of theses produced by the
postgraduate research students at
Australian universities.
Theses Canada
Portal
The access point for Canadian theses and
information about the Theses Canada
program. Full text electronic
versions of numerous Canadian theses and
dissertations are available.
DART-Europe
Access to over 100,000 full-text
research theses from various European
countries
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