Film Studies Research Guide
Theses and Dissertations

Doctoral Dissertations

UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations

To identify individual doctoral dissertations, conduct a Library Catalog author, title, subject, or keyword search. The interdisciplinary nature of film lends itself to keyword seaching to identify relevant theses. To browse all dissertations, use the subject search: Theses -- Motion Pictures -- Doctoral. Online full-text of recent (1997) UMass Amherst dissertations is available in Proquest Dissertation and Theses (available on campus, or off campus to UMass Amherst students, faculty, staff, and affiliates with an OIT account; enter your OIT login and password when prompted).

Other Doctoral Dissertations

Search Proquest Dissertation and Theses (available on campus, or off campus to UMass Amherst students, faculty, staff, and affiliates; enter your OIT login and password when prompted) for citations and abstracts of theses completed in colleges and universities of the U.S. and Canada since 1861. Includes full-text of the first 24 pages of recent dissertations (1997- ). To borrow theses and dissertations from other institutions, place a request through Interlibrary Loan or purchase dissertations directly through this database.

Masters Theses

To identify individual Masters theses, conduct a  Library Catalog author, title, subject or keyword search. The interdisciplinary nature of film lends itself to keyword seaching to identify relevant theses. To browse all, use the subject search: Theses -- Motion Pictures -- Masters.

Senior Honors Theses

Available in Special Collections and Archives (Floor 25, W.E.B. Du Bois Library).