Locating Theses
| Locating Dissertations and Theses from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |  |
Print Collection
Use Advanced Keyword Search of the PolyU Library Catalogue. Enter “Hong Kong Polytechnic” and other keywords in the search boxes provided. Select THESIS under Material Type before submitting the search. Hardcopies of PolyU theses are located at the Special Collection (4/F) of our Library.
Online Collection
Upon authors’ permission, many PolyU theses have been digitized and the full-text images are made available at PolyU Electronic Theses. You may search by keywords, or select by year, degree and department. Click here to view tutorial.
PolyU doctorial theses starting from 2002 are also included in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
Locating Dissertations and Theses from Other Local Institutions
Dissertations and Theses Collections (DTC) is an online union collection of Hong Kong postgraduate students’ doctoral and master dissertations and theses indexed in the online catalogues of seven university libraries in Hong Kong.
Several local university libraries have established online databases for keeping their own master’s and doctoral theses. If permitted by the author, the full-text of the paper can be obtained online for free. Below are some of the online theses databases:
- Hong Kong University Theses Online
- HKUST Electronic Theses Database
- CityU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
- Theses & Dissertations at Lingnan University
- China Doctor Dissertations Full-text Database (中國博士學位論文全文數據庫)
- China Master Theses Full-text Database (中國優秀碩士學位論文全文數據庫)
- Digital Dissertation Consortium
- Index to Theses
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Some dissertations and theses are also available via the Internet:
| Mainly USA (links to provider, mostly full-text) |
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations http://www.ndltd.org/ A gateway to websites providing access to electronic copies of dissertations and theses submitted by member institutions. |
| United Kingdom (some full-text, registration required) |
Electronic Theses Online Service http://ethos.bl.uk A 'single point of access' where researchers from all over the world can access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education. |
| Australia (some full-text) |
Australasian Digital Theses Program http://adt.caul.edu.au/ A repository that provides discovery of and access to digital versions of over 240000 theses in Australian and New Zealand universities. |
| Canada (some full-text) |
Theses Canada Portal http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/ Indexes over 300,000 Canadian theses and dissertations held by the National Library of Canada, with free access to over 50,000 full text theses. |
| Taiwan (some full-text, registration required) |
全國博碩士論文摘要檢索系統 http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/index.jsp 收錄時間由民國45年 (即1956)至今各校博碩士班畢業生所提供之論文摘要, 部分取得授權之論文有全文檔案上網 |
