Hi Folks

In order to give myself an idea of the standard required, I have had the mad idea of reading old Theses - am not a student at the minute, so am not planning to copy!

Are most Theses published on line nowadays?  Is there a link which I could access to have a look at some?

My subject area would probably be the Social Sciences.

Angelette  8-)

More and more it is becomming the norm. In my uni a digital copy was optional; as in from 'now' we have to deposit a digital copy in our library. It is worth checking your own library catalogue.

However have a look at the British library website - you can register for free and you can download etheses for free!!

http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do;jsessionid=B70CA576E236A5092E3BF910B921342B

Excellent - Thanks for this Ady.  I'll give it a try.

Angelette :-)

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Man Universities also have 'open repositories' (in the UK and elsewhere). If you can't get hold of a recent thesis on Ethos, do a web search for the appropriate University open repository or place a request with the University library.

Also, the British Library's Ethos website only covers England. Scottish and Welsh theses are looked after by their national libraries. I'd assume similar arrangements are made internationally by various national libraries in other countries.

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No it doesn't. I've recently downloaded two Edinburgh University theses from ethos.bl.uk and a St Andrews University thesis.

For a list of the universities in ethos.bl.uk - including plenty of Scottish and Welsh ones - see http://ethos.bl.uk/HEIList.do

I stand corrected. However, I found that with a Welsh thesis I had to go to the Welsh National Library.