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Theses and dissertations

We provide access to University of York PhD/MPhil theses and Masters dissertations for members of the University and visitors to the Library. We can also help you to find theses/dissertations from other institutions.

For all York theses and dissertations, copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise stated. You may copy a modest amount of material from a thesis with full attribution as defined in law. In all other circumstances you should contact the rights-holder for permission.

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All available University of York theses can be found on YorSearch , including electronic versions held in the Digital Library and White Rose eTheses. You can search YorSearch for the title, author or department and academic year.

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We hold the University's PhD and MPhil theses, including physical copies up to 2012.

White Rose eTheses   holds electronic copies from 2013 onwards, as well as a selection of pre-2013 theses.

University of York Masters dissertations for some subjects are available:

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We also hold a selection of digitised undergraduate dissertations for certain subjects:

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Our physical theses and dissertations are kept in a secure store. To consult them you will need to request access via Borthwick Institute for Archives by emailing [email protected] with the details of the thesis and a preferred appointment date.

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If you are an independent researcher and want to consult a York thesis, contact us at [email protected] .

Finding theses from other universities

You can try one of the following services to find theses by students from other institutions.

  • Read more about using PhD theses on EThOS (youtube.com)
  • White Rose eTheses Online holds electronic, doctoral level theses from the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York
  • Index to theses is an index to British and Irish higher degree theses with abstracts (summaries) or brief details of each thesis
  • Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations allows you to search for electronic theses from around the world

If you can't access the full text of a thesis you're interested in, please complete our Request Form and we will try to source it for you. Please note the success of this may depend on the holding library's policies, or obtaining the author's permission, but we will let you know if we're unable to source it.

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Thesis Content and Style

Thesis formatting (university).

The University has detailed guidance about the style, formatting and sequence of material standards for your thesis. Further information about how to format your thesis can be found linked below.

Since 2019, the University of York has required its PhD postgraduate researchers to submit an e-thesis, rather than a hard copy, printed thesis. This means that you should take particular care to ensure that your thesis is accessible and easy for anyone to read. Guidance on making your thesis accessible has also been created by the Postgraduate Research Administration (PGRA) and can also be found below.

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In your academic career, few projects are more important than your PhD thesis. Unfortunately, many university professors and advisors assume that their students know how to structure a PhD. Books have literally been written on the subject, but there’s no need to read a book in order to know about PhD thesis paper format and structure. With that said, however, it’s important to understand that your PhD thesis format requirement may not be the same as another student’s. The bottom line is that how to structure a PhD thesis often depends on your university and department guidelines.

But, let’s take a look at a general PhD thesis format. We’ll look at the main sections, and how to connect them to each other. We’ll also examine different hints and tips for each of the sections. As you read through this toolkit, compare it to published PhD theses in your area of study to see how a real-life example looks.

Main Sections of a PhD Thesis

In almost every PhD thesis or dissertation, there are standard sections. Of course, some of these may differ, depending on your university or department requirements, as well as your topic of study, but this will give you a good idea of the basic components of a PhD thesis format.

  • Abstract : The abstract is a brief summary that quickly outlines your research, touches on each of the main sections of your thesis, and clearly outlines your contribution to the field by way of your PhD thesis. Even though the abstract is very short, similar to what you’ve seen in published research articles, its impact shouldn’t be underestimated. The abstract is there to answer the most important question to the reviewer. “Why is this important?”
  • Introduction : In this section, you help the reviewer understand your entire dissertation, including what your paper is about, why it’s important to the field, a brief description of your methodology, and how your research and the thesis are laid out. Think of your introduction as an expansion of your abstract.
  • Literature Review : Within the literature review, you are making a case for your new research by telling the story of the work that’s already been done. You’ll cover a bit about the history of the topic at hand, and how your study fits into the present and future.
  • Theory Framework : Here, you explain assumptions related to your study. Here you’re explaining to the review what theoretical concepts you might have used in your research, how it relates to existing knowledge and ideas.
  • Methods : This section of a PhD thesis is typically the most detailed and descriptive, depending of course on your research design. Here you’ll discuss the specific techniques you used to get the information you were looking for, in addition to how those methods are relevant and appropriate, as well as how you specifically used each method described.
  • Results : Here you present your empirical findings. This section is sometimes also called the “empiracles” chapter. This section is usually pretty straightforward and technical, and full of details. Don’t shortcut this chapter.
  • Discussion : This can be a tricky chapter, because it’s where you want to show the reviewer that you know what you’re talking about. You need to speak as a PhD versus a student. The discussion chapter is similar to the empirical/results chapter, but you’re building on those results to push the new information that you learned, prior to making your conclusion.
  • Conclusion : Here, you take a step back and reflect on what your original goals and intentions for the research were. You’ll outline them in context of your new findings and expertise.

Tips for your PhD Thesis Format

As you put together your PhD thesis, it’s easy to get a little overwhelmed. Here are some tips that might keep you on track.

  • Don’t try to write your PhD as a first-draft. Every great masterwork has typically been edited, and edited, and…edited.
  • Work with your thesis supervisor to plan the structure and format of your PhD thesis. Be prepared to rewrite each section, as you work out rough drafts. Don’t get discouraged by this process. It’s typical.
  • Make your writing interesting. Academic writing has a reputation of being very dry.
  • You don’t have to necessarily work on the chapters and sections outlined above in chronological order. Work on each section as things come up, and while your work on that section is relevant to what you’re doing.
  • Don’t rush things. Write a first draft, and leave it for a few days, so you can come back to it with a more critical take. Look at it objectively and carefully grammatical errors, clarity, logic and flow.
  • Know what style your references need to be in, and utilize tools out there to organize them in the required format.
  • It’s easier to accidentally plagiarize than you think. Make sure you’re referencing appropriately, and check your document for inadvertent plagiarism throughout your writing process.

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To borrow a UB dissertation or thesis from our collection, do an author or title search in the UB Libraries Catalog to get a library location and call number.

By Department To find or browse dissertations or theses by department conduct a keyword search in the Library Catalog , search by department name You may also choose to include the year to limit your search.

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Theses & dissertations.

Theses and dissertations are extended scholarly essays that incorporate original research on a specific topic. They are usually written as part of the requirements for a graduate degree (e.g. MA or PhD).

Finding a York University thesis or dissertation Most doctoral dissertations and Master's theses completed at York University are available through the Libraries. Law dissertations are held in the Law Library; most others are held in Scott Library. Please note that the library does not normally hold copies of Major Research Papers (MRPs); for these, please check with the appropriate York University department or faculty.

For York dissertations and theses written from 1967 to 2012: Start by searching the Dissertations and Theses @ York University database. You can search by keyword, title, adviser or school. The full-text of most York theses and dissertations submitted between 1967 and 2012 can be downloaded for free.

This service is only available to registered York students and faculty. For York dissertations and theses written between 1967 and the present that were never microfilmed or have some form of embargo restricting access:

  • Search the library catalogue . You can search by title, author, or keyword. When you find the entry, note the call number and location. A quick location guide is provided below.

For dissertations and theses written from 2013 to the present, search the library catalogue (NOT the classic catalogue) by title, author, or keyword.

Finding theses from other universities

  • Proquest Digital Dissertations and Theses This database contains citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and some masters theses from colleges and universities in North America and Europe. Citations are available from 1861 to the present. Abstracts are available for dissertations from 1980 to the present and for masters theses from 1988 to the present. From 1997, sometimes earlier, the full-text of some dissertations and theses may be downloaded for free in PDF format. Please note that this service is only available to registered York students and faculty.
  • Theses Canada Portal The Theses Canada Portal provides free access to the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to the present.
  • Index to theses (Great Britain and Ireland) An index to theses accepted in the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. Covers 1716 – present.
  • EThOS (Great Britain) Launched in 2008, the Electronic Theses Online System (EThOS) offers free access to full text versions of British theses. New theses are digitized and added to the database in response to requests from researchers.

Many other periodical indexes and databases include references to dissertations.

Note : Theses and dissertations not available in the Libraries or online can be requested through the Resource Sharing Department.

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eThesis submission: Journal format theses

A Journal format thesis allows you to incorporate sections that are in a format suitable for submission for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. If you wish to submit your thesis in journal format, you should discuss this with your supervisor, and declare your intention when you complete the Notice of Submission form. See also the University's Presentation of Theses policy for more information:

  • Presentation of Theses Policy: http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.aspx?DocID=7420

If you are submitting a Journal format eThesis, you should select this format in step 2 of 5 of the eThesis submission form.

  • Screenshots of the eThesis submission system: http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.aspx?DocID=32873

Preparing and submitting your journal format thesis

‘Self-archiving’ is where a researcher makes a piece of scholarly work available via a repository. The University’s Presentation of Theses policy requires that final Doctoral theses are ‘self-archived’ and made Open Access via the University’s systems within 12 months of submission, unless an exception to this policy is required.

The structure of a journal format thesis – being comprised of a number of research papers submitted to or published in academic journals – means that you as the author need to take extra care when preparing your thesis for submission, and selecting your preferred access level for your final thesis. For each publisher you’re working with, or plan to work with, you will need to establish what each allows and requires in terms of self-archiving of work, i.e.:

  • If my publisher allows me to share my work via a repository, what version of my work can I share?
  • When can I share my work via a repository?
  • When will my papers be published?

This information will allow you to determine:

  • The version of each paper to include in your eThesis file
  • The access level option to select for your final thesis

Selecting an access level for your final thesis which reflects the strictest self-archiving policy of the publishers you’re working with will ensure that you’re not infringing any of your publishers’ self-archiving policies or breaking your copyright agreements.

Decision tree: Can I share my Journal format thesis Open Access? 

This interactive guide, accessed via Typeform , aims to help you understand the checks you need to make regarding the self-archiving policies of the publishers you’re working with, and to use this information to inform:

  • The version of each article you include in your eThesis file
  • The access level you select for your final eThesis

We recommend that you identify the strictest publisher policy that you need to deal with, and use this policy when completing this decision tree.

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Journal format theses: downloadable guide

If you’d like more detailed information on considerations related to submission of your Journal format thesis, you can also download the eThesis submission: journal format thesis guide . This includes information on publisher self-archiving policies, and how these will inform the versions of papers you include in your thesis submission, and the access level you select for your final thesis.

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AB42 alters glutamatergic transmission in the CA1 region of the mouse hippocampus , Patrick Harry Wehrle

The dark figure of wrongful convictions : how intake decisions impact exonerations , Jennifer Weintraub

Understanding sense of belonging of students of color attending a liberal arts college , Jessica Wenger

Women's work history and mental well-being : evidence from the Indonesian family life survey , Nurul Widyaningrum

Relationships of teacher perceptions and racially diverse third grade student achievement : an analysis of ECLS-K:2011 data University at Albany , Lynnette Renee Williams

New York city micronet : comprehensive site metadata and classifications and characteristics of the urban heat island , Ashley Williamson

Computational methods for propagation of optical fields with the angle-impact Wigner function , Jeremy Wittkopp

Spatio-temporal analyses of the relationships between stop, question and frisk and crime in New York City , Haemi Won

Examining the relationship between admission requirements and program outcome variables in a special education teacher preparation program , Emily Woofenden

Adolescent maltreatment, substance use, and self-efficacy : a test of General Strain Theory among a sample of clinical youth , Sonya Worthington

Sampling distribution of non-overlap indices using bootstrapping procedure : a monte carlo simulation study and empirical demonstration , Xinyun Xu

Stability and differential privacy of stochastic gradient methods , Zhenhuan Yang

Probing the stability and solution processability of metal chalcogenide semiconducting materials , Mengwen Yan

High-capacity and interpretable temporal point process models for user activity sequence modeling , Mengfan Yao

"We are the stories" : narrative competence and cognitive mapping as a culturally sustaining pedagogy in the education of emergent bilinguals , Sepideh Yasrebi

Applications of search and matching to international trade and unemployment insurance , Kai You

Innovation capacity in local government organizations : a comparative case study of three innovation labs in the U.S , Qianli Yuan

Contrapuntal readings of the exilic consciousness : reading Yehuda Amichai and Mahmoud Darwish together , Sarah Brooks Zahed

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Novel functional proteomics techniques for multiplex and single cell cytokines detection , Mohammed Abdullah

Statistical and variational modeling and analysis of passive integrated photonic devices , Norbert Dinyi Agbodo

Black bisexual women's experiences of growth following gendered racism and biphobia , Alexandra Agiliga

Development of bioaffinity based assays for forensic applications , Juliana Maria Agudelo Cano

Graduate students' intrinsic motivation in fully online courses , Ahmed Alahmari

Long noncoding RNA AK001796 as a mediator of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in metastatic breast cancer , Sumayya Adib Alchalabi

Arabic-speaking students' responses to children's literature about the Middle East , Amal Aldaej

Evaluating the impact of tobacco retailer density on smoking among patients with serious mental illness and diabetes in New York State , Amani Alharthy

Graduate students' understanding, perception, and preference of time management in online learning , Majed Ali

Isolating oral bacterial species from a single donor through a multi-step detection method , Khalid Al-Lakhen

Flexible lives on engineering's 'Bleeding edge' : gender, migration and belonging in the semiconductor industry , Sarah E. Appelhans

Mass spectral and chemometric analysis for the detection and identification of forensically relevant materials , Meghan Grace Appley

Change and continuity in biology , Gunnar O'Neill Babcock

The time course and interaction of emoji and text processing during natural reading : evidence from eye movements , Eliza Barach

Utilizing raman spectroscopy to determine the time since deposition of heated bloodstains , Alexis Pearl Barber

Supporting highly mobile literacy learners : examining how an elementary school provided support to mobile students in an urban school district , Rebecca L. Benjamin

Factors influencing psychotherapy completion in children exposed to adverse childhood experiences , Cheryl Kayleen Best

An examination of the Arctic environment and Arctic cyclones during periods of low and high forecast skill of the synoptic-scale flow , Kevin Biernat

Role of RNA helicases in the drosophila germline , Patrick Blatt

Feasibility of acceptance-based health coaching targeting food cravings in pregnancy , Lauren Blau

A cross cultural comparison of Asian college students' well-being : exploring the impact of cultural factors in a social cognitive framework , Jennifer Joy Bordon

Belonging and bias : how diatonicity and response bias affect pitch memory in a probe tone task , Jeff Bostwick

Novel sensing concept for organophosphate monitoring , Cheyenne Bowman

Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances : analysis, environmental distribution, and bioconcentration , Richard Anthony Brase

Using machine learning to predict super-utilizers of healthcare services , Kevin Paul Buchan Jr.

Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline : implementing alternative education programs to reduce student disciplinary issues , Michael M. Burns

The sensitivity of convection to boundary layer parameterization in hurricanes Harvey and Irma 2017 , Dylan Card

The foundations of inference and its application to fundamental physics , Nicholas Matthew Carrara

Crime and safety in United States schools : selected findings regarding the relationship of interventions on the rate of student removal from the educational setting for disciplinary reasons , Heather Chadwell Dennis

Modulation of Rho termination : expectation vs reality , Kavya Sri Sai Chegireddy

Navigating racial discrimination as transnational actors : racial experiences of Asian international students in the U.S. under the Covid-19 pandemic , Chen Chen

Higher education under market forces how the "transnational shadow education" industry emerged and persisted to help Taiwanese students to study in the U.S , Kenneth Han Chen

The acquisition of variation in future time expression by high school student learners of Spanish in Upstate New York , Erika E. Clarkin

The effect of mindfulness on autonomic nervous system coordination in individuals with interparental conflict exposure , Rachel Clegg

Critical media literacy in social studies : a case study , Lauren Collet-Gildard

Sex differences in context fear neural circuitry and behavior across development , Lorianna Marie Colon

Black women social workers : a qualitative exploration of stress and coping , Collina D. Cooke

Exploring the roles of school business officials through the lens of financial transparency reporting requirements in New York State , Colette Crawfordmack

Tapestry and tomb, choreography and clot : metaphors for mobilities and moorings in geographical literature , Zachary Robert Cudney

Intrabodies reveal critical steps involved in ricin's interactions with the ribosome , Timothy Francis Czajka

Substance abuse policies, prescribing behaviors, and health outcomes , Huy Do Dang

What drives collective informal learning : the influence of team learning orientation, process efficacy, and metacognition , Gabrielle Danna

Uncle Tom's women : slavery and Black female sexuality , Natalia Davila

Examining the benefits of a sustained balance and fall prevention programming for independent older adults living in a community setting , Noah Davis

Courtland Street, Lake George : a bioarchaeological study of the skeletal foot morphology of early Revolutionary War soldiers , Alexandra Grace Decarlo

Inverse problems for topological summaries in topological data analysis , Jordan Desha

The materiality of metaphor in Mayan hieroglyphic texts : metaphor in changing political climates , Rebecca Ann Dinkel

Properties of curriculum-based measurement for mathematics : an investigation of the average growth, variability, and precision of three forms , Arianna Doss

Social identities at work : how do multiple social identities influence organizational attraction? , Aileen Dowden

Emotion regulation and executive functioning : a comparison of collegiate taekwondo athletes, other athletes, and non-athletes , Rae Danett Drach

Aerosol and terrain effects on winter cloud and precipitation over New York State , Yuyi Du

Addressing the development of reading comprehension in students with ASD : a meta-analysis , Halley Eacker

Molecular simulation of RNA conformational dynamics : an example of Micro-RNA targeting messenger RNA : Mir-34a-MSIRT1 , Parisa Ebrahimi

Cuerpos femeninos en concursos de mujeres o 'reinados' en Colombia, 1991-2018 , Ernesto L. Ebratt

19th century exam, 21st century policing : an examination of the New York State Civil Service and police officer recruitment: , Amani Edwards

Diagnosing high sinuosity regimes associated with anomalous Greenland ice-melt events using self-organizing maps , Mansour El Riachy

Kinetic characterization of two C-family polymerases from the gram-positive bacterium staphylococcus aureus , Sean P. Fagan

Seasonal differences in the impacts of IPO and AMO on temperature and precipitation over South America , Thomas Favata

The contributions of dynamical and diabatic processes preceding and accompanying major Greenland ice-melt events , Scott Feldman

A comparison of implicit and explicit error detection and their effects on purchase intention and judgments of quality , Rachel Fernandes

Developing and testing a single-case experimental design tool : improving the way researchers choose and justify quantification techniques , Joelle Fingerhut

Intergenerational risk of maternal childhood maltreatment on infant health concerns in low-income Mexican American mother-child dyads , Amanda Flagg

An exploration of undergraduates' intercultural development : a case study of an internship abroad program , Jennifer Fong

Against empathy bias : the moral value of equitable empathy , Zoe Fowler

Exploring environmental and methodological sensitivities of forecasted and observed surface winds and gusts using underutilized datasets , Alex Roslyn Gallagher

Epitranscriptomic writer regulation of gene expression in Escherichia coli , William Eugene Gasperi

Identifying the microphysical sensitivities of mesoscale and synoptic precipitation using an ensemble framework , Lauriana Gaudet

Applications of mass spectrometry to forensic entomology : calliphoridae species determination, monitoring of decomposition volatiles, and discovery of chemical cues , Justine Elizabeth Giffen-Lemieux

Mining subgroups from temporal data : from the parts to the whole , Alexander Gorovits

Mechanical analysis of a heterogeneously integrated silicon photonic interposer , Erica Charlene Graham

The case of environmental education of children , Mary Greagan

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The circulatory process and user-data , Matthew Greene

Are there individual differences in the foreign language effect? , Rita Gross

Dominican Spanish in New York : language attitudes and variation of final /ɾ/ and /l/ , Gabriel Valentín Guadalupe

Simulation analysis of the snowball chamber , Thomas Guile

Student teachers' TPACK development and technology integration in the shared collective lesson planning , Chen Guo

The role of school and district leaders in discipline systems in positive outlier high schools , Catherine E. Guthrie

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  1. Format your thesis

    Types of thesis. There are two main types of thesis. A monograph or traditional thesis: a unified, single author document comprising a number of chapters with an introduction and conclusion.; A journal-style thesis: a document that incorporates one or more chapters that are in a format suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed title alongside a supporting commentary.

  2. Theses and Dissertations

    Finding theses from other universities. You can try one of the following services to find theses by students from other institutions. EThOS: PhD theses from most British higher education libraries made freely available in PDF format.. Read more about using PhD theses on EThOS (youtube.com); White Rose eTheses Online holds electronic, doctoral level theses from the Universities of Leeds ...

  3. The University of York Management School Handbook 2021/22

    The University has detailed guidance about the style, formatting and sequence of material standards for your thesis. Further information about how to format your thesis can be found linked below.. Since 2019, the University of York has required its PhD postgraduate researchers to submit an e-thesis, rather than a hard copy, printed thesis. This means that you should take particular care to ...

  4. Thesis Content and Style

    The University has detailed guidance about the style, formatting and sequence of material standards for your thesis. Further information about how to format your thesis can be found linked below.. Since 2019, the University of York has required its PhD postgraduate researchers to submit an e-thesis, rather than a hard copy, printed thesis. This means that you should take particular care to ...

  5. Department of History PGR Handbook 2022/23

    The University has detailed guidance about the style, formatting and sequence of material standards for your thesis. Further information about how to format your thesis can be found linked below.. Since 2019, the University of York has required its PhD postgraduate researchers to submit an e-thesis, rather than a hard copy, printed thesis. This means that you should take particular care to ...

  6. PDF Thesis Proposal

    The Thesis forms the core of the student's research and study in this programme. It is important, therefore, that a succinct research proposal be prepared at an early stage in the student's progress. Within the first year of registration the student must submit a proposal for approval, first to the Supervisory Committee, then to the programme ...

  7. Doctoral Dissertation

    The thesis or dissertation is submitted electronically using York University's Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) platform. The thesis coordinator in the Office of the Dean, Graduate Studies, will check that the thesis/dissertation meets the Faculty's organizational and technical requirements, and has the right to refuse any ...

  8. PDF Microsoft Word

    THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY* GRADUATE PROGRAM IN [name of program; e.g. English, Biology, Music] YORK UNIVERSITY TORONTO, ONTARIO [month and year that the Chair of the Examining Committee confirmed successful defense of the thesis/dissertation; e.g.

  9. Know How to Structure Your PhD Thesis

    The bottom line is that how to structure a PhD thesis often depends on your university and department guidelines. But, let's take a look at a general PhD thesis format. We'll look at the main sections, and how to connect them to each other. We'll also examine different hints and tips for each of the sections.

  10. Finding Dissertations

    NYU Dissertations Online. All dissertations completed at NYU are indexed in the online database Dissertations and Theses Global. Users who wish to access NYU dissertations, especially dissertations completed since 1997, would be best served by searching this database. Many (but not all) dissertations will be available in full-text.

  11. eTheses and Dissertations

    Submitting Your YorkU Thesis or Dissertation The Faculty of Graduate Studies manages the submissions process for Theses and Dissertations. Learn more about the process by visiting their pages: Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection As of September 2013, York University Electronic Theses and Dissertations are hosted in the YorkSpace repository. Frequently Asked Questions Found a typo […]

  12. Finding UB Dissertations and Theses

    To borrow a UB dissertation or thesis from our collection, do an author or title search in the UB Libraries Catalog to get a library location and call number. By Department ... University at Buffalo Libraries 433 Capen Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-1625 716-645-2965. Contact Us; Directions;

  13. Theses & Dissertations

    Theses and dissertations are extended scholarly essays that incorporate original research on a specific topic. They are usually written as part of the requirements for a graduate degree (e.g. MA or PhD). Finding a York University thesis or dissertation Most doctoral dissertations and Master's theses completed at York University are available through the Libraries. Law […]

  14. Thesis and Dissertation

    Master's theses and doctoral dissertations submitted by students in partial fulfillment of degree requirements must embody the results of original research and must be successfully defended at oral examinations. Dissertations shall include submission and approval of a dissertation proposal, including appropriate ethics review and approval, in accordance with Faculty and program requirements ...

  15. PDF Format of PhD Thesis

    Only approved University logo is permitted on the cover page and title page of the thesis. For the latest logo, candidates may contact the centre for research or download the University logo from the LMS page. The size of the logo must comply with University guidelines on use of logo. 11. Address of University approved binder for final thesis

  16. Journal format theses (The University of Manchester Library)

    A Journal format thesis allows you to incorporate sections that are in a format suitable for submission for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. If you wish to submit your thesis in journal format, you should discuss this with your supervisor, and declare your intention when you complete the Notice of Submission form. ... The University's ...

  17. Dissertation Templates

    Formatting Guide. The PhD Dissertation Formatting Guide (updated Spring 2023) is the source of all formatting requirements and guidelines for PhD Dissertations. Make sure to follow the guide when writing your dissertation. Double check your formatting with the PhD Dissertation Formatting Checklist before submission. LaTeX Template. The University provides a standard LaTeX template that ...

  18. Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009

    Relationships of teacher perceptions and racially diverse third grade student achievement : an analysis of ECLS-K:2011 data University at Albany, Lynnette Renee Williams. PDF. New York city micronet : comprehensive site metadata and classifications and characteristics of the urban heat island, Ashley Williamson. PDF

  19. Welcome to the Purdue Online Writing Lab

    Mission. The Purdue On-Campus Writing Lab and Purdue Online Writing Lab assist clients in their development as writers—no matter what their skill level—with on-campus consultations, online participation, and community engagement. The Purdue Writing Lab serves the Purdue, West Lafayette, campus and coordinates with local literacy initiatives.