These links point to selected institutional repositories that provide full text dissertations and theses:
For help finding a title or repository, contact Jill Borin
The library provides access to many resources for finding dissertations:
Example: In the Discovery Advanced Search boxes enter the keywords trauma and stress then add Widener University as an author (Widener is listed as an author for all Widener Dissertations).
This search returned 9 results; 7 Widener Dissertations and 2 scholarly articles written by authors associated with Widener.
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN THE BRIEF RECORD:
Select - Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities for Developing PTSD and Substance Abuse after Combat Trauma
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE DETAILED RECORD:
Navigate to Dissertations & Theses @ Widener University
Wolfgram Memorial Library Homepage ► A to Z Database List ► Dissertations & Theses @ Widener University
Example: This example is searching for the keyword Trauma, limiting to works published from the Department Social Work.
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Navigate to Digital Dissertations
Wolfgram Memorial Library Homepage ► A to Z Database List ► Digital Dissertations
Example: This example is searching for the keywords Homelessness and Qualitative Study.
1. The search provides 32,094 results from these keywords.
2. Notice that the results include the date range 1931 - 2022.
3. Updating the publication date range to the most recent 10 years, 2010-2020, enables you to obtain more recent results and provides more results with Full Text:
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE DETAILED RECORD:
To find dissertations and theses produced by students at institutions other than Widener University, you must know institution where the work was published. To obtain that information:
Example: Search for the dissertation title - Understanding Patterns of Emotion Perception and Expression Across Cultures. Change the field to Document title- TI.
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Brief Record
The brief records shows bibliographic information for this dissertation, indicating that it was published at the University of Michigan. It reveals that only a preview, not the full text, is available here.
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Brief Record
Detailed Record