Philosophy Research Guide
Theses and Dissertations

Doctoral Dissertations

UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations

To identify individual doctoral dissertations, use the Library Catalog author, title, subject, or keyword search. To browse all dissertations, use the subject: Theses -- Philosophy -- Doctoral. Online full text of recent UMass Amherst dissertations is available in Proquest Dissertations 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 Dissertations 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) for citations and abstracts of theses completed in colleges and universities of the US and Canada since 1861. Includes full text of the first 24 pages of most recent (1997- ) dissertations. 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, search the Library Catalog by author, title, subject or keyword. To browse all, use subject: Theses -- Philosophy -- Masters.

Senior Honors Theses

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