HIST 6000: Historical Methods and Research: Finding a Dissertation

A dissertation in history represents the culmination of many years of research and writing by a successful PhD candidate.  The topics must be unique, narrowly focused, and undergo an exhaustive literature review. Thus, mining bliographies of dissertations is often a wonderful way to begin to assemble a list of secondary sources for your own research project.

Dissertations & Theses Full Text includes citations to almost 2.5 million dissertations and theses from around the world. Dissertations published since 1997 are generally available in full text (as are selected older texts) but require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.