Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University (1861-present)

Covers the period from 1861 to the present. Abstracts begin in 1980. Twenty-four page previews begin in 1997. **Full-text Temple dissertations available selectively from 1950 to present. [NOTE: full-text availability is more or less comprehensive from 1997 forward.] Includes disssertations and theses from North American and European universities. Searchable by Keyword, Author, Title, School, Subject, Abstract, Advisor, Degree, and Language.

Subject-Specific Sources

Many subject-specific research databases, including ATLA, EconLit, ERIC, PsycInfo, and MLA International Bibliography, index dissertations. Ask A Librarian for help in determining if there is a subject-specific database that includes dissertations in your discipline.

Temple Dissertations (from May 2008)

Find full-text dissertations online on the Temple University Electronic Dissertations page. Offers easy searching and effective browsing. Beginning in August 2008, all newly awarded Temple PhD dissertations will be available here. (In May 2008, some dissertations were still submitted in print. Use the library catalog for these.)

Temple Dissertations and Theses

Use Diamond (Library Catalog) to search for dissertations and theses completed at Temple. (note: While the library should hold all PhD dissertations, it does not hold all Masters theses.) Do a Keyword search using the following format:

"temple university theses" [your keyword(s) here]

Examples: "temple university theses" philosophy // "temple university theses" baseball
(note: a search using the phrase "temple university theses" will find both Masters theses and PhD dissertations)

Temple University Electronic Dissertations (Temple disserations in PDF full-text from May 2008 forward; see above)

Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ Temple University (Temple dissertations in PDF full-text from 1997 to present. Many also available in ful-text before 1997.)

Third Floor (East), Paley Library. These copies are arranged alphabetically by author last name and can be checked-out. They are hardbound red volumes.

Templana Collection on the Mezzanine level of Paley Library. These copies cannot be checked-out.

Lower level of Paley Library in microform (dissertations only). These copies are arranged by call number and cannot be checked-out.

Dissertations and theses completed at institutions other than Temple

Request via Interlibrary Loan. Further inquiries my be addressed to Access Services or 215-204-0752.

You can purchase print copies via UMI Dissertation Express.