Dissertations and theses are often underutilized as sources of information. This page describes resources that can be used to identify dissertations and theses of interest.
All dissertations and theses of graduates of programs on the University of Toledo Health Science Campus (as well as those awarded under the former names of Medical College of Ohio and Medical University of Ohio) are available in the Mulford Health Science Library, either online or in hardcopy. (Scholarly projects for some University of Toledo Health Science Campus graduates are also available in print.) When looking for a dissertation, thesis, or scholarly project completed here, the best place to begin is University Libraries catalog. For more information, consult this help sheet: Using University Libraries to Find Theses & Dissertations.
Information on finding theses and dissertations granted at the University of Toledo Main Campus is available.
Identifying dissertations and theses from other institutions requires use of other resources. The primary tool for identifying dissertations and theses is Dissertation Abstracts International [off-campus access], to which the University Libraries have access. This database indexes dissertations and theses from over 1000 institutions, from 1861 to the present. Each year, almost 60,000 documents are added to the database. With DAI, Universiy faculty, staff, and students have access to 24-page previews of documents indexed since 1997. More information on Dissertation Abstracts can be found in the database.
Some other databases can also be used to identify dissertations and theses of within their particular disciplines: CINAHL (nursing and allied health) and PsycINFO (psychology).
Assessing an Information Need [PDF]
Using the University Libraries to Find Theses & Dissertations [PDF]
Using the University Libraries & the OhioLINK Catalog [PDF]
Using CINAHL [PDF]
Using PsycINFO [PDF]
Go to the Mulford Library's Web page and click on the University Libraries catalog link. Access to our catalog is free to anyone on the Internet, but access to most full-text documents is restricted to those who are on campus or who are registered with the University Libraries; access to some resources is restricted to people who are affiliated with programs on the Health Science Campus or the Medical Center.
Go to the Mulford Library's Web page and click on the Databases by Name link; or go directly to Dissertation Abstracts [on campus - off campus], CINAHL [on campus - off campus], or PsycINFO. Access to Dissertation Abstracts, CINAHL, and PsycINFO is restricted to those who are on campus or who are registered with the University Libraries or other OhioLINK library.
Contact Mulford Reference Assistance at (419) 383-4218 or MulfordReference@utoledo.edu. Chat and IM reference is also available.
