Theses

Finding theses at Manchester Metropolitan University

e-space (Manchester Met's institutional repository)
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e-space is an Open Access repository, which aims to capture and preserve the research output of Manchester Metropolitan University and make it freely available over the Web.
It contains theses presented as part of MMU research degrees from 2009.

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Description
A showcase for research at Manchester Met, e-space contains pre-prints (journal articles submitted for peer-review), post-prints (final versions of papers that have gone through the peer-review process and that have been accepted for publication), book chapters, working papers and conference presentations.

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Library catalogue
Search for printed versions of Manchester Metropolitan University theses, and Manchester Metropolitan University theses prior to 2009.

Finding theses in the UK

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: UK and Ireland (formerly Index to Theses)
Recommended for: Dissertations Theses
Descriptions of theses accepted for higher degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Description
Listing of theses accepted for higher degrees by universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, since 1716.
Abstracts for content since 1986.

Full text availability
If freely available via an institutional repository, search results have a Link to full text link. Check Ethos for full text as well.

Platform
ProQuest
Ethos (Electronic Theses Online Service)
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Recommended for: Dissertations Theses
All doctoral theses from UK Higher Education.

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You'll need to register with Ethos to consult and order digitised theses.

Description
Search over 450,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily.
Occasionally, a request may incur a charge for supply - do not proceed with the order. Instead, please submit a request via our Inter Library Loans service. Similarly, if you require a thesis from a non-participating University, please submit a request with a thesis declaration form.

Platform
British Library

Finding theses by Subject

You may wish to find out if a thesis or dissertation has been written on a subject you are researching.

History Online
The Institute of Historical Research, University of London, has collected information about history PhDs and research Masters. You can browse or search the directory of theses completed from 1970 onwards, as well as current research in progress.
Current Legal Research Topics Database
CRLT is a database listing subjects of research in progress by students studying for higher degrees in universities in the UK compiled by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

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