LibGuides: Dissertations and Theses: Research Resources

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Books

Developing Quality Dissertations in the Humanities by Barbara E. Lovitts; Ellen L. Wert
ISBN: 9781579222604
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
Identifying the purpose of the dissertation, Aiming for excellence in the dissertation, Maintaining consistent quality within the dissertation.
How to Write a Theses by Umberto Eco
ISBN: 9780262328753
Publication Date: 2015-03-06
How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis -- from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft.
Approaches to Quantitative Research : A Guide for Dissertation Students by Helen Xiaohong Chen
ISBN: 9781781190609
Publication Date: 2012-09-14
APPROACHES TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH is designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate business students who are planning to undertake a research project or dissertation.

Welcome

As you begin your dissertation research please review the subject guide for your discipline. The subject guides can be found on the LRC's homepage or you can access them here. We have provided a brief sampling of resources on this page, however a detailed review of your subject can be found in the guides.

Journal Articles

Science Direct
A leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
Springerlink
Springer provides access to a large variety of scientific documents including, articles, books, manuals, experiments, images, and many more in a variety of scientific disciplines.
CAS - Chemical Abstract Service
The CAS databases contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
Academic Search Premier
Full text and images from over 8,500 journals (more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles) covering biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc. Audience: college, general public

Open Access Research

OAIster
Available through WorldCat.org at no charge.
Contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide. More than 23 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,100 contributors.
ProQuest Open Access Dissertations
PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format.
Digital Commons
Digital Commons - search on 70+ repositories world wide - digitalcommons.bepress.com
Directory of Open Access Journals
A directory of almost 4000 journals in all subject areas providing open access publishing options.
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a free website based on the citation data tracked in Elsevier’s Scopus database. The ranking system works like the Google PageRank algorithm as it incorporates citation data as well as relationships among journals (via citations).

Subject Guide

Lenis McBride

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Subjects: History