Scottish Studies: Theses & More
Research Repositories
A research repository is a place to store an institution's intellectual research outputs. Try searching the sites listed below to find more research:
- Directory of Open Access Repositories: OpenDOAR This link opens in a new windowSearch through the world's repositories of freely available research information, from repositories that have been approved by OpenDOAR.
- Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA)ERA is a digital repository of research produced at The University of Edinburgh.
- EnlightenEnlighten is the University of Glasgow's institutional repository service for published research material.
- NZResearch This link opens in a new windowResearch documents produced at universities, polytechnics, and other research institutions throughout New Zealand; now hosted by DigitalNZ
- Otago University Research Archive (OUR Archive) This link opens in a new windowRepository for selected research produced at the University of Otago.
- Research@StAndrews: Full TextA digital repository of research output from the University of St Andrews. From September 2006 the University has required theses to be submitted to the repository.
- Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repositoryStrathprints is a digital repository of research publications from the University of Strathclyde.
- Trove This link opens in a new windowA discovery service that includes research from Australian university and government research repositories.
- UK Institutional Repository Search This link opens in a new windowAcademic, educational and research information stored in a wide range of systems throughout the UK.
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN) This link opens in a new windowSSRN's objective is to provide worldwide distribution of research to authors and their readers. Any paper an author uploads to SSRN is downloadable for free, worldwide.
Theses & Dissertations
- Thesis InformationEverything you need to know about organizing, completing and depositing your thesis, including what you need to know about copyright.
- Finding a ThesisLists many databases and tools for finding both NZ and International Theses.
Research Institutions - Scottish Studies
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- Celtic & Scottish Studies, University of EdinburghThe department is highly active in the publishing of material relevant to the study of culture and tradition within Scotland.
- Centre for Irish Scottish and Comparative StudiesInitially established to manage a number of research projects in the field of Irish-Scottish Studies, it has thrived as an interdisciplinary partnership between History, English, and Irish and Celtic Studies.
- Centre for Scottish Studies, University of GuelphGraduate studies in the history, literature and culture of Scotland and Scottish settlements in Canada.
- OpenLearn ScotlandFree access to The Open University's high quality learning resources related to Scotland, covering: Scottish history, literature, politics, society, environment, technology, education and social care.
- Scottish Centre for the BookEstablished at Napier University Edinburgh to enhance and promote the study of print culture in all its forms.
Conference Papers
Conferences papers are the papers presented by researchers at a conference. They are an excellent source of current research, best practices and new innovations in a research area.
Conference papers are not always formally published, so they can be difficult to get hold of. However, there are a number of ways to find conference papers:
Library Catalogue - Sometimes the best papers are published in a book. To find these in the library catalogue, try combining your search terms with words like conference, proceedings, congresses, symposium.
Conference Website - A very good place to start looking for a conference paper is the conference website.
If you can't find a website for the conference, try the organising body's website.
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- British Scholar Society
- Economic & Social History Society of Scotland
- Historic Scotland
- Scottish History Society
- Scottish Local History Forum
- Social History Society
- Women's History Scotland
Google Scholar - Try using the "Advanced Search" option to combine your search terms with words like conference, proceedings, congresses, symposium.
Research Repository - Researchers will often deposit a copy of their conference paper in their institutional research repository.
Author's Website - Researchers will often post links to conference papers on their own personal website, or on their research institution's website.
Contact Author - Looking for a specific paper? Try 'Googling' the author to find their current contact details, them email them asking for a copy of the
Interloan Service - If you have a citation for a conference paper, but could not find a copy using any of the methods described above, you can create a request through our Get It Interloan service for the conference paper and we will try to get you a copy.