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Writing Center Textual Works: 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.