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The University of Cincinnati ETD Center offers the following definition of ETDs:
"An electronic thesis or dissertation (ETD) is an electronic version of your thesis or dissertation. In general, it is the same product as a paper thesis or dissertation, simply in electronic form. The ETD provides a technologically advanced medium for expressing your ideas." Learn more about ETDs on the UC ETD site.
Dissertations & Theses (UC Electronic)
Includes Full Text
Access to a body of well over 8,000 University of Cincinnati electronic dissertations and theses, this is the best link to the broadest collection of electronic UC dissertations. The time period covers mainly from 1955 to the present. To acquire the dissertations electronically, users request the full text from UMI (ProQuest) and are sent a link and a password to access the dissertation. Dissertations from 1997 forward are available in the OhioLINK ETD at ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
Coverage: 1955 - present
ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
Includes Full Text
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK) is a free online database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities.
Coverage: 2000-
Includes Full Text (only UC dissertations are available in Full Text. For other dissertations abstracts and previews may be available).
With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Titles available as native or image PDF formats include free twenty-four page previews.
Coverage: 1861 - present
Need help finding theses and dissertations? Ask a librarian!
The University Libraries Reference and Instructional Services Department provides instruction on the use of Adobe Acrobat to create ETDs. The workshops are available upon request. Contact Randall Roberts for more infromation and instruction requests.
The University of Cincinnati ETD Center is a Web site, which contains information pertinent to ETD creation, such as UC ETD statistics, instructions for submission, links to relevant Web sites, etc.
| Location: | 110 Van Wormer Hall University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221 |
| E-mail: | etd@uc.edu |
| Phone: | 513- 556-1496 |
| Fax: | 513-556-4346 |
| Hours: | Hours vary by day and are increased before submission deadlines. Please refer to ETD calendar at the ETD Center Home page. |
