LibGuides: Entrepreneurship: Theses & Conferences

Research repositories for theses and dissertations

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:

Otago University Research Archive (OUR Archive)
Repository for research produced at the University, including theses.
NZ Research
Research repository for New Zealand universities, polytechnics and research organisations.

Trove This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Australian research including; theses, journal articles, book chapters, and more

SSRN: Social Science Research Network
Open source (freely accessible) international research respository
Links to further theses & dissertation repositories...
The 'Finding' tab on the 'Thesis Information Libguide' contains links to a range of research repositories from around the world.

Finding theses and dissertations in Library Search |Ketu

Library Search | Ketu
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'.

Conferences

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:

Web of Science
Search your keywords in the 'Conference' search field.
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Scopus This link opens in a new window
Search your keywords in the 'Conference' search field.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Limit your search to 'Conference' or 'Conference paper'
Library Search | Ketu This link opens in a new window
Use the Advanced search option and include the term 'conference' (or 'symposium' or 'proceeding' or 'congress')

Google
Search for conference paper author's personal webpages, and conference webpages.