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Writing Center Dissertations and Theses: Dissertation and Theses

Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations and Theses

This category includes doctoral dissertations as well as master’s and undergraduate theses.

The reference structure for dissertations and theses are as follows:

Author Date Title Source
Database or archive name URL
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2020). Title of dissertation [Doctoral dissertation, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree].

 

Title of thesis [Master’s thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree].		 Database Name.

 

Archive Name.		 https://xxxxxx

 

Tips:

  • Only include a URL if the dissertation is published online but not through a database.

 

SOURCE TYPE REFERENCE EXAMPLE
Dissertation or thesis from a database

McWilliams, K. M. (2014). Responding to trauma: How presidential discourses reshape the dialogues of healing (UMI No. 1556870) [Master's thesis, University of Colorado Denver]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I.

Tenorio, R. (2018). Deconstructing trauma (Order No. 10809919) [Doctoral dissertation, Arizona State University]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.