Theses and dissertations are unpublished submissions at either doctoral or masters level. There are a number of tools and platforms available to discover these. Some will provide access to the full text or previews while others will provide bibliographic details only.
Internationally
Proquest Dissertations & Theses : UK & Ireland - the library subscribes to this database. It is a comprehensive database of doctoral theses from Ireland and UK.
There are basic and advanced keyword searches and content may also be browsed by subject or location. Users may create a personal account (My Research) for saving your searches, organising your documents, creating search alerts.
DART-Europe E-theses portal - Access to 724,769 open access research theses from 606 Universities in 28 European countries
Nationally
Rian provides a path to open access research publications including doctoral and masters submissions. The advanced search allows you to select these items only.
Locally
ITT Tallaght Library Catalogue - You may search local theses deposited at IT Tallaght Library here
Arrow - This is the Institutional Repository incorporating DIT, ITT and ITB publications. You may browse the theses collection here.
Accessing print collections of theses
You will not always be able to access digital versions of theses. If there are print collections available in libraries then you may be able to visit the library. Details for IT Tallaght staff and students about visiting libraries in Ireland may be found here.
