- Find University of Hertfordshire theses (UHRA)
- Find UK and Irish theses
- Find UK doctoral theses using EThOS
- Find theses from other countries
- Can't find the thesis you need?
Find University of Hertfordshire theses
You can search for University of Hertfordshire theses using Library Search or the University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (UHRA).
Search for a Herts thesis
- Go to Library Search. You can also access it from Online Library in StudyNet.
- Enter your search terms.
- To find a specific thesis, search for the author's surname, keywords from the title and the word thesis. For example:
Williams networking business thesis - To find theses on a subject, enter your keywords. Use quotation marks around a phrase and add Hertfordshire to narrow your results. For example:
"art therapy" thesis Hertfordshire - To narrow your results further, use Content Type and select Dissertation/Thesis. You may need to select More first.
Access electronic Herts theses
Electronic research theses completed at Herts are available through the University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (UHRA).
The archive can be searched or browsed by author, funder or publication.
Students who complete their research thesis at Herts can deposit it in UHRA. Final PhD theses should be deposited in UHRA so they can also be included in the British Library's EThOS service.
Access print Herts theses
Printed copies of Masters by Research and MPhil dissertations are kept in a closed-access stack at College Lane LRC and must be requested in advance using the Stack Retrieval Form.
Download the form and open it in Adobe before completing and submitting it by email.
Print theses:
- can only be used in the LRC
- must be returned on the same day they are issued
Existing link to retain: Closed access retrieval form
Find UK and Irish theses
Use the British Library catalogue to search for older material that was included in EThOS before October 2023.
Use Advanced search and filter Material type to Theses. The record will show the awarding university. You can then search that university's institutional repository or library catalogue for the thesis.
You can also search for UK doctoral theses using EThOS.
Find UK doctoral theses using EThOS
EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is the British Library's open-access discovery service for UK doctoral theses.
It contains descriptions of more than 650,000 UK doctoral theses dating from the 1700s onwards.
For many records you will see Access thesis from university. This links to the thesis record in the relevant university repository, where the thesis may be available to download.
Not all theses are available from university repositories. The British Library is continuing to update EThOS and says there is an initial backlog of content to process.
Visit the EThOS website for more information and FAQs.
Find theses from other countries
Many international theses are available online. Try the resources below.
If you cannot find a digital copy, contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for advice. Each Herts subject area has an Academic Liaison Librarian who can help students find and use appropriate resources.
Australia and New Zealand
- Trove provides access to collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives.
Europe
- Dissonline for German electronic dissertations and post-doctoral theses.
- DiVA for research publications and student theses from Scandinavian universities and colleges.
- French theses search for French doctoral theses
- NARCIS for Dutch research publications, including e-theses.
- National Archive of PhD Theses for Greek PhD theses.
- OpenGrey for European grey literature.
- SUDOC for materials held by French university and research libraries. Use Advanced Search to limit your results to theses.
North America
- Caltech Thesis for electronic theses and dissertations in science and technology.
- Theses Canada for Canadian theses.
Asia
- HKU Theses Online for theses and dissertations from the University of Hong Kong.
- Shodhganga for full-text digital theses from Indian universities.
Worldwide
- EBSCO Open Dissertations for electronic theses and dissertations.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) for electronic theses and dissertations from universities internationally.
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations for theses and dissertations worldwide.
Can't find the thesis you need?
See Inter Library Loans (ILLs) for information about requesting a thesis.
Herts' ILL service can request theses that are not held by the University Library.