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Penn State Scholars, Masters, Doctoral Dissertations

Theses for the subject areas located in Pattee and Paterno Libraries and submitted during the past 10 years are shelved in the stacks in 201 Paterno Library; earlier theses are in the Annex, and can be requested in accordance with standard annex request procedures.

Theses for subject libraries not housed in Pattee/Paterno are located in the appropriate subject library; earlier theses may be in the Annex, check The CAT (Penn State's Online Catalog).

Theses are searchable in The CAT by author, title, keyword, and broad subject, such as English or Ceramic Science. Use Advanced Search and limit material type to: Bachelors theses; Masters Theses; Doctoral dissertation.
 It takes approximately six months from the time a thesis is submitted until it is available.

As of 2006, dissertations are no longer bound and shelved -- they are available electronically with microfiche copies at the Annex. Masters Theses will also be going electronic soon.

News and Microforms Library has many theses and dissertations on microfiche.

Dissertations and theses circulate to registered users of the University Libraries and can also be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.

E-Theses (eTDs): Penn State electronic theses and dissertations submitted in PDF format using Adobe Acrobat software are accessible through the World Wide Web by means of a link from their records in the CAT. For more information on eTDs, see these websites: http://www.etda.libraries.psu.edu/ and http://www.etd.psu.edu/.

CIC PhD Dissertations in PDF format: Full PDFs of Penn State and other CIC dissertations earned from 1997-to date are now available through Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest) on the E-Resource List for PSU remote users and all in-house users. [For dissertations from non-CIC universities, Penn State users must use ILLiad for full text.]

  • Dissertation Abstracts trouble-shooting: Eligible patrons who do not get the "free download" button should make sure that cookies are enabled on their computer. They may also need to clear out their cookies at here to reset compatibility.
  • Full text will not open by simply clicking on the pdf symbol in the record. Patrons must click on the "Free Download" button, submit an email address, and wait for fulltext download instructions by email.

Penn State PhD dissertations can be purchased online through Dissertation Abstracts, an Databases by Title (A-Z list) resource. Paper-to-paper copies of masters and scholars theses are available for purchase at a cost of $50 for customers in the United States and Canada, $60 (U.S. dollars) for international customers, through Interlibrary Loan.


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