LibGuides: Theology & Ancient Language and Text Studies: Theses &amp; dissertations

North-West University: Theses and Dissertations

Boloka: NWU Institutional Repository

Theses and dissertations completed at the NWU since 2004 are available electronically via Boloka.Theses and dissertations before 2004 will be considered for digitization upon request from users.
Access to the complete theses (print) collection is available via the online Library Catalogue.

Finding SA Theses and Dissertations

African Digital Repository
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Current and Completed Research (Sabinet)
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National ETD Portal: South African theses and dissertations (NRF)
Navtech (SA Technikon Research)(Sabinet)
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Union Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations (UCTD)(Sabinet)
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South African Universities - open repositories

North-West University: Boloka
SEALS Digital Commons (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Rhodes University, University of Fort Hare, Walter Sisulu University) The SEALS Digital Commons contains the digital collections of the academic institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Members are: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (including Archives and Exhibition Centre), Rhodes University (including Cory, ILAM and SAIAB), University of Fort Hare (including NAHECS) and the Walter Sisulu University.
University of Cape Town: OpenUCT The UCT Computer Science Research Document Archive, archives and makes accessible documents that are products and by-products of research in the department.
University of Johannesburg: UJContent The Institutional Repository of the University of Johannesburg (UJDigispace) is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital materials and is also referenced in the ISSN Register- ISSN: 2310-788X.
University of Kwazulu-Natal: ResearchSpace A digital library of UKZN scholarly research.
University of Pretoria: UPSpace Institutional Repository UPeTD is the University of Pretoria's electronic theses and dissertations service. It forms part of the Open Scholarship programme of the Library Services.
University of South Africa (UNISA): Institutional Repository Unisa Institutional Repository (UnisaIR), an open digital archive of scholarly intellectual and research outputs of the University of South Africa. The UnisaIR contains and preserves theses and dissertations, research articles, conference papers, rare and special materials and many other digital assets.
University of Stellenbosch: SUNScholar Research Repository SUNScholar Research Repository is an open access electronic archive for the collection, preservation and distribution of digital materials created by members of the research community at Stellenbosch University.
University of the Free State: Kovsie Scholar University of the Free State ETD collection
University of the Western Cape: Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository The University of the Western Cape electronic theses and dissertations repository holds full-text theses submitted for degree purposes since 2004, with selected titles prior to 2004. Access to the complete theses (print) collection is available via the online catalogue.
University of the Witwatersrand: WIReDSpace Wits Institutional Repository environment on DSpace

Important sources

ProQuest: Dissertations & Theses Global Full Text ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database is the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. UMI offers over 2 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats.
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NEXUS - Current & completed projects

National ETD Portal: South African theses and dissertations (NRF)

Contact the Theology Library for assistance with the NEXUS search.

International theses and dissertations

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
Caltech THESIS CaltechTHESIS is a growing repository of Ph.D., Engineer, Master's and Bachelor's/Senior theses authored by Caltech students. It is updated continuously as students add new theses, and as library staff scan and add older theses.
DART - Europe E-theses Portal DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.
Dissertation.com Master’s Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation Database.
DiVA - Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet DiVA portal is a finding tool and an institutional repository for research publications and student theses written at 34 universities and colleges of higher education.
DSpace@MIT DSpace@MIT is a growing collection of MIT’s research that includes peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, working papers, theses and more.
EBSCO Open Dissertations
EThOS (UK theses) EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses.
HKUST Library (Institutional Repository) The Repository collects, preserves, and disseminates the scholarly output created by the HKUST community. All documents deposited here are openly accessible on the Internet. It also indexes our researchers' scholarly publications and provides a Scholar Profile interface for our current faculty members to showcase their publications, bibliometrics, research interests and projects.
NARCIS: National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System NARCIS provides access to scientific information, including (open access) publications from the repositories of all the Dutch universities, KNAW, NWO and a number of research institutes, datasets from some data archives as well as descriptions of research projects, researchers and research institutes.
NDLTD: Networked digital library of theses and dissertations
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD.org)
OpenDOAR
Theses Canada Canadian universities participate in the program voluntarily by submitting approved theses and dissertation to Theses Canada.