You can find Lehigh dissertations through ASA, searching by author, title, or subject. You can also browse by academic department.
To browse by academic department, select 'Browse' and type in academic dissertations -- department name, then click Subjects:
You can also look up Lehigh dissertations by subject in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses by restricting your search to Lehigh:
The Fine Print:
Lehigh dissertations completed within the last six months may be "in process"; consult Special Collections for access
Print copies of all Lehigh doctoral dissertations are housed in Special Collections. When available, the ASA record links directly to the digital (PDF) version. Note: circulating copies of College of Education dissertations and some departments are also available in Fairchild/Martindale Library.
Lehigh master's theses since 1960 are available on microfilm in Fairchild/Martindale Library. Earlier master's theses are in paper only and are housed in Special Collections. Many (but not all) theses (including some bachelor's theses), are cataloged in ASA. Note that theses that have no microfilm Reel Number listed are not yet available.
Special Collections
is open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Appointments may be made for other times.
Users may request that dissertations be held at the Circulation Desk for use
outside normal Special Collections hours. (Master's and bachelor's theses cannot
be held there). Please check the catalog record to determine what level of thesis/dissertation
you are dealing with. Doctoral dissertation call numbers begin with "DISS".
Bachelor's and master's theses begin with "THESIS".
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
This database contains records of most dissertations written in the U.S. plus some from major international universities. Coverage for US dissertations begins with 1861, others from the 1980's, and theses since 1988. Abstracts begin with 1980; earlier years have only the author/title/date/school information. PDF verions began in 1997. For Lehigh users, all Lehigh dissertations in PDF format since 1997 are free. PDF copies of other universities' humanities, social sciences, and selected cross-disciplinary topics are also free; date coverage officially starts with 1997, but many from earlier years are also present. The remainder may be ordered from ProQuest for delivery online. In all cases, use the Order a Copy link to select items of interest; free items are labeled as such in the subsequent list. America: History
and Life (US history)
Chemical Abstracts
Student Edition (chemistry, biochemistry)
ERIC (education)
GeoRef (geology)
Historical Abstracts
(history)
Human Relations
Area Files (ethnography)
Linguistics and
Language Behavior Abstracts (linguistics, language)
MathSciNet
(mathematics)
MLA Bibliography
(literature, languages, linguistics, folklore)
PsychInfo (psychology)
SciFinder Scholar
(chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry)
Sociological Abstracts
(sociology)
Victorian Database
(Victorian era humanities, social sciences, and science/technology)
WorldCat (catalog
records for over 9000 libraries)
To Obtain Dissertations from Other Universities
Interlibrary Loan
Some universities allow their dissertations and master's theses to circulate
via interlibrary loan. Use the Request a Thesis form in ILLiad.
Purchase
ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses offers online delivery, in PDF format, of most
dissertations published since 1997. Other formats and delivery methods are available;
check the Pricing ? link for the current prices. Online ordering requires
a credit card. For users who are outside of the US or Canada, Express
Delivery is available at higher rates.
Dissertation Projects
Many universities have begun mounting full-text (usually PDF) versions of their
dissertations on the Web.
This is a short, selected list of broad categories. To find more specific topics, use Google and search for "dissertations in progress" plus the topic(s)
American
Historical Association
Institute of Historical
Research
PhdData.org
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