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Theses

NUS Libraries' Theses collection comprises of:

1) NUS theses
2) Foreign theses (full-text in print format)
3) Theses abstracts databases (with full-text in PDF)
4) Other Theses (free, full-text online)

1) NUS Theses

To search for NUS theses by call number (NUS Departments), click here.

How to Search LINC for NUS Theses

Step 1

Go to LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue) http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search~/

Step 2

Under SEARCH special collection:, click on Theses Collection.

a) Search by Author / Title

click on AUTHOR and type the name (surname first), e.g. Lee Hui Koon.

click on TITLE and type the complete title or the beginning of the title,
e.g. Japanese market for Singapore tourism trends, prospects and policy implications

b) Search by Keyword Search

In LINC, Click on Advanced Search

Type in keywords, e.g.:

To look for:

Enter:

Doctoral theses (NUS) Tourism AND PH D AND NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Masters and above theses thesis AND tourism

NUS Departments/ Institutions PH D AND n:Microbiology

Foreign Theses in NUS Libraries' collection PH D AND mcgill

Other Search Limits Year: After 2003
Location: Medical Library

Step 3 Getting the Item

Location
Status Action

CL Books Available Available for loan. Use the call # to retrieve from open shelves. Use the self-checkout machines to borrow.

HSSML Theses (Loans Desk) Use in Library Go to Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Loans Desk to request and view thesis within library premises.

CL Closed Stacks (Loans Desk 3) Request Item Click on the orange "Request" button at the top to request.
Library staff will retrieve the thesis and library users will be notified by email when the thesis is ready for collection at the Loans Desk.

Click here to see Closed Stacks collection times for NUS Libraries

CL Microforms (Loans Desk 2) View in Library Note the STACK# and request at Loans Desk 2, Central Library.

View the microfiche within Microform Viewing Room (see map).

Guide on How to use microforms in NUS Libraries

Click here to see all other Location codes and Status

Theses are to be used in the library and may not be loaned out of the library. Ask library staff for permission to make a copy of the thesis.

Step 4

Click on Modify Search to do another keyword search
Or click on Start Over to search by another option.

Note: 1) Many NUS theses (print) deposited in the Libraries are of post-graduate level (doctoral ; masters theses (by research) and masters theses (by coursework)). Others are academic exercises. 2) Not all theses submitted to NUS are in the Libraries' collection as some of them may not be released by departments to the Libraries. 3)Theses submitted solely in electronic format are not available due to copyright restrictions

2) Foreign theses (full-text in print format)

Theses submitted to foreign universities and obtained from UMI (University Microforms International) are usually kept in the Books collection or Closed Stacks. They are available for loan. See the steps in 1) NUS Theses to search for foreign theses in NUS Libraries.

»For recommendation to purchase published foreign theses not in NUS Libraries, Click here (NUS staff and students only)

3) Theses abstracts database (with full-text in PDF)

For NUS staff and students only via NUS Libraries Portal

NUS Libraries subscribe to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses which contains full-text with citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses submitted to over 1,000 North American graduate schools, European and Australian universities.

Guides to searching Proquest Dissertations & Theses:
http://proquest.umi.com/i-std/en/dis/basic/basic.htm (Publisher's site)

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4) Other Theses (free full-text online)

The full-text of theses from many academic institutions are available free online.
Examples are (in alphabetical order):

Edinburgh Research Archive : Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
E-thesis- Electronic Publications at the University of Helsinki : Faculty of Medicine
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
North Carolina State University : Search Available ETDs
OhioLINK ETD Center
Pennsylvania State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archives
Vanderbilt University : Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library Project

Other examples listed in NUS Libraries Portal: NUS Libraries > E-Resources > Databases > By Type > Theses & Dissertations

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