Dissertations
Dissertations, the major research project for every PhD student, and theses written by Masters students, may be a valuable resource. Morgan Library has copies of Colorado State University's (CSU) theses and dissertations; search SAGE to locate copies either by the author's name. If you want to find dissertations on a subject, do a Keyword search in SAGE and add the word "dissertation" to it. For example,-
Keyword: Small business dissertation
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Keyword: Small business thesis
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Keyword: Small business and (dissertation or thesis)
If you are interested in dissertations and theses that were written by a students who graduated from a specific department at CSU, do an author search by the name of the department, using this configuration (abbreviation of "department" is important):
Author:
Colorado State University Dept of _______Colorado State University Dept of English
Colorado State University Dept of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
Coloraod State University Dept of BiologyTo pull up recent graduates only, after doing the author search, click on the "limit/sort search" button and type in a recent year in the YEAR: after box (e.g., 2000). Click on "Submit" near the foot of the page, and only those you have indicated will appear.
If you wish to identify dissertations from other schools from around the world (or find recent CSU dissertations online), search Digital Dissertations and Theses, an index available to Colorado State University affiliates (students, faculty, staff) via the "Databases" page. Comprehensive full text begins with 1997; occasionally earlier dissertations are available. Request dissertations from schools other than Colorado State University at Interlibrary Loan. However, keep in mind that some schools do not lend their dissertations, so you may need to purchase the one(s) you need. The form used to request dissertations is available in Reference, but the cost is paid by the researcher who makes the request.
Generally speaking, it is only in a very rare instances that undergraduates will want to use dissertations from other universities.