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Q. I wrote a dissertation/thesis at the University of Arkansas; How can I find a copy?

Answered By: Phil Jones
Last Updated: Aug 02, 2023     Views: 311

Many theses, dissertations, and undergraduates honors theses are now being housed in the university's institutional repository, ScholarWorks@uark.edu. Check there first for materials from approximately 2012 to present, though there are some materials back to 2009 in ScholarWorks.

Otherwise, master's theses, doctoral dissertations, and some recent undergraduate honors theses can be found by searching OneSearch for author, title, or subject by clicking the box underneath the OneSearch search box on the Libraries' homepage before you search, or by clicking the filter Material Type: Dissertations in the left hand column on the OneSearch search results page after you search.

You can also search by department or faculty advisor in the keyword search; examples:

  • advisor gawley robert and synthesis
  • dept physics and lasers

Note that recently completed dissertations and theses go first to ProQuest. Search ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global for recent theses and dissertations. 

The following broadly describes library holdings for UA theses and dissertations:

Category Print holdings  Online Holdings Notes

Dissertations   

1953-2006 in MAIN

1950s-2012 in Special Collections

1989- present are full-text on ProQuest; some selected earlier dissertations on Arkansas topics also available.

Many recent dissertations are publicly available on ScholarWorks@UARK.

1950s- present are indexed in ProQuest.

Recent dissertations are listed in ProQuest before they are input into the library catalog

MAIN copies can usually be checked out.

Master's theses

1910s-2006 in MAIN

1910s-2012 in Special Collections

2006-present are full-text on ProQuest; some selected earlier theses on Arkansas topics also available.

Many recent theses are now available on ScholarWorks@UARK.

Theses were not systematically indexed in ProQuest prior to 2006. 

Recent theses are listed in ProQuest before they are input into the library catalog

MAIN copies can usually be checked out.

Undergraduate Honors Theses 

Selected titles in Special Collections   2011-present on ScholarWorks@UARK.   

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