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Alternatively, the catalogues of national libraries may help in tracking down theses from their countries. See the Wikipedia's List of national and state libraries.

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Hong Kong

India

Japan

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South Korea

Taiwan

All German doctoral theses have to be published, and should be more widely available than their British counterparts.

All Irish theses can be found using Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Some Spanish theses can be found on Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Canada

United States

SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)

Copies of some US theses purchased by the Bodleian libraries can be found on SOLO, and;may be ordered up from storage.

Foreign Dissertations Catalogue card index

Contains some American theses accepted for higher degrees and published before 1973 held in the Bodleian Library but are not yet catalogued on SOLO. Access to material in this catalogue is either in person at the Main Enquiry Desk in the Lower Reading Room of the Old Bodeian Library or by email: Reader Services or by phone: 01865 277162.

For US theses not held in the Bodleian libraries go to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, open access databases, or to the libraries of individual universities, such as:

Brazil

Peru

Copying from theses & dissertations obtained on microfilm via inter-library loan is not permitted.

Some theses from universities worldwide may be obtained by current members of Oxford University via inter-library loan for the standard subsidised fee.

Readers who are not current members of Oxford University will be charged differently for inter-library loans.
We recommend using either the facilities provided by their own institution, or their local public library.