NDLTD UNION CATALOG

A collaborative effort of the NDLTD, OCLC, VTLS, and Scirus, the NDLTD Union Catalog contains more than one million records of electronic theses and dissertations. For students and researchers, the Union Catalog makes individual collections of NDLTD member institutions and consortia appear as one seamless digital library of ETDs.  The NDLTD provides free resources to contribute your institution's metadata - click to learn more about the Union Catalog project.

SEARCH and BROWSE ETDs

Search tools developed for the NDLTD Union Catalog

Other useful ETD search tools

ADT (Australiasian Digital Theses Program)

This search portal provides searching, browsing, and access to ETDs produced in Australia.

Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertacoes

A search tool for accessing ETDs produced in Brazilian universities.

Cybertesis

A portal developed jointly by the University of Chile, the Universites de Lyon, Montreal, and Alexandrie, and the University of Geneva for accessing full text ETDs from many countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the United States.

DART-Europe E-theses Portal

A discovery service for open access research theses awarded by European universities.

Deusche National Bibliothek

Dissertations since 1998 are available via search in the German National Library.

DiVA

This portal provides access to ETDs and research publications written at 26 institutions in Scandinavia.

EThOS

NARCIS

This search portal provides access to ETDs produced in the Netherlands, as well as access to a variety of other research and data sets.

National ETD Portal (South Africa)

This search portal provides access to ETDs produced in South Africa.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

Many university libraries provide password access to this commercial database, but the link above also provides access for individuals without a connection to a research library. The collection includes most recent North American ETDs and selective coverage for other regions of the world.

RCAAP - Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
The RCAAP's mission is to promote, support and facilitate the adoption of the open access movement in Portugal. RCAAP The project aims to: increase the visibility, accessibility and dissemination of academic activity and Portuguese scientific research, facilitating the management and access to information about scientific production and integrate Portugal into a set of international initiatives.  This portal offers a union catalog with digital contents from more than 30 institutions.

A union catalog of Canadian theses and dissertations, in both electronic and analog formats, is available through the search interface on this portal.

WorldCat
NDLTD Union Catalog hosted by OCLC.