Contact University of Delaware Interlibrary Loan for more information.
The University of Delaware Library Interlibrary Loan will loan UD dissertations which the Library has in print or microfilm.
Beginning July 2005 all University of Delaware dissertations and theses are submitted digitally. The Library does not have print or microfilm copies.
In Library resources, the words "theses" or "thesis" used alone includes both doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
Search UDSpace for full-text UD dissertations and theses.
If you live nearby, you are welcome to come to the library and read or check out the print copy, or read the microform copy. For theses in the Library Annex, submit a request form to have the item delivered to the Help Center.
The library is open to the public.
Use the Interlibrary Loan service. Note: no theses available for loan after July 2005.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a library to library resource sharing network. Libraries borrow and lend materials for their library users.
Because this is a library to library service, you should start with your library, which for many people is their public library. Fill out a request form, giving all the information you know. Search DELCAT, the library catalog. Your library will contact the UD Library to borrow the hard copy (or the microfilm copy), if available.
You can buy theses from the ProQuest company:
In Library resources, the words "theses" or "thesis" used alone includes both doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
The University of Delaware began granting doctoral degrees in 1948. The Library has copies of or online access to all dissertations.
Beginning July 2005, all University of Delaware theses are submitted digitally. Neither the Library nor the University Archives have print or microfilm copies. Copies are not available for loan.
This database is a subset of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database. It contains only University of Delaware dissertations and theses. See below for detailed information about included dates and content coverage.
Includes:
Use the library catalog, DELCAT, to search for all print or microform copies of master’s theses 1980 – 2009 that are NOT available in Dissertations and Theses @ University of Delaware. For dissertations and theses from 2007 and later, it is possible, using Advanced Search, to limit by academic department.
Online catalog of the University of Delaware Library
The world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.
The UD Library does not collect undergraduate theses and they are not listed in DELCAT Discovery.
In Library resources, the words "theses" or "thesis" used alone includes both doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
Beginning July 2005, all University of Delaware theses are submitted digitally. Neither the Library nor the University Archives have print or microfilm copies. Copies are not available for loan.
This database is a subset of the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global database. It contains only University of Delaware dissertations and theses. See below for detailed information about included dates and content coverage.
Includes:
Use the library catalog, DELCAT, to search for all print or microform copies of master’s theses 1980 – 2009 that are NOT available in Dissertations and Theses @ University of Delaware. For dissertations and theses from 2007 and later, it is possible, using Advanced Search, to limit by academic department.
Thesis authors can choose to not have their work included in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. In some cases, the only way to obtain the thesis is to contact the author.
Searching tips for DELCAT Discovery: searching for UD theses by department:
If you know the exact title put quotes around it.