Research Guides: Dissertations: Finding Dissertations

How to find dissertations granted by Purdue

Purdue e-Pubs - Theses and Dissertations
Link to Theses and Dissertations that Purdue students have wished to make openly available
Hammer Research Repository
Discover PhD theses and other research from the Purdue University Graduate School
Library Search
Search Purdue Libraries online catalog for books, available online and in print, articles, journals, and more.

Dissertations and Theses (Native ProQuest interface)
Central resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses.

Dissertations and theses published by Purdue Graduate Students from Fall 2018 onward can be found in the Hammer Research Repository
Dissertations and Theses (Web of Science interface)
ProQuest index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses on the Web of Science platform.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
CRL has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign [non-U.S. or Canadian] doctoral dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are presently in this database. Please consult with CRL if you are unable to find a dissertation that you may require.
Cybertheses
Permits access to selected French dissertations from 1972 to the present. This database can provide access to another index where full-text provision for selected dissertations [theses in French] may be provided.
NDLTD - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
NDLTD provides access to thousands of digitally available dissertations and theses. Both U.S. and foreign dissertations and theses can be accessed through this site for those institutions participating within this association.

Dissertations and theses granted by universities other than Purdue can be requested via Interlibrary Loan.

To submit a request