Dissertations / CRP's
■ Argosy University Dissertation Guides
Argosy University Guide to the Dissertation Process
ISPP Clinical Research Project Guide
■ Search Argosy University, Chicago Campus Library
Argosy University Library Catalog
To find out if the library has a dissertation or CRP related to your topic, you can limit your search by choosing "clinical research project" or "dissertation" as one of your keywords and then add additional subject terms of keywords of your choice.
Available online or at the circulation desk in print
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ProQuest Digital Dissertations:
The most comprehensive dissertation database available. ProQuest publishes and provides citations for over 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format can be purchased through ProQuest directly for $32.00 as a download. A credit card is required for purchasing downloads.
Titles not available as a download can be purchased in the Argosy University, Chicago Campus Library for 29.00 + tax. These are shipped to the library as unbound copies.
Another option is to obtain the dissertation through interlibrary loan. Costs and availability vary depending on the lending library and loan periods are usually 3-6 weeks on average.
■ Search Free Full-text Dissertations
LIRN -ProQuest -ABI Inform Global
This database includes over 18,000 free full text dissertations and master's theses. Just click on "more search options" at the bottom of the search screen and choose dissertations under "publication type."
LIRN -ProQuest -Psychology Journals
ProQuest Psychology Journals includes 4,000 full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines including behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial, personality, physiological, psychobiology, psychometrics and social psychology.
EDT Search: Electronic Theses and Dissertation Database
provided courtesy of Scirus based on data harvested from the Union Archive hosted by OCLC. Provides many full-text dissertations in .pdf format from select universities worldwide.
Ohio-Link EDT Search an index of electronic thesis and dissertations available in the OhioLINK ETD Center. This database currently includes over 8000 records. The ETD Center is freely accessible worldwide to anyone interested in searching, viewing, and downloading the theses and dissertations published in Ohio.
Electronic Thesis/Dissertation OAI Union Catalog
Full-text dissertations in .pdf format from select universities worldwide.