Use the Advanced Search option and select 'Theses' as the Material Type.
If you use the Simple Search option, include the search term 'thesis' (or dissertation) and search in the 'Title'.
You may also choose to Refine your results by 'Dissertations' and 'Theses'.
Many higher education research repositories contain PhD and Masters theses. Search research repositories the same way you search literature databases.
Examples of research repositories include:
Repository for research produced at the University, including theses.
Research documents produced at universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions throughout New Zealand; now hosted by DigitalNZ
Provides access to Australian research including; theses, journal articles, book chapters, and more
Open source (freely accessible) international research respository
Content includes citations for working papers, journal articles, books, chapters, and more.
The 'Finding' tab on the 'Thesis Information Libguide' contains links to a range of research repositories from around the world.
Information about conferences, their papers and proceedings are a good source of current research, best practices and new innovations in a research area.
Search the Article Databases, Library Search | Ketu, and the internet for conference information.
For example: