The University of St. Thomas

Options For Obtaining Theses & Dissertations

Options for Obtaining Theses and Dissertations

If you need help identifying useful theses/dissertations, please contact a reference librarian. If you've already located a citation for a thesis/dissertation, you can borrow or purchase the full text of it as follows:

Borrow a Thesis/Dissertation 

Option Cost to you Delivery Format Notes

 Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

 none

2-4 weeks


Pick up at the library.
  • paper
  • microfiche
  • microfilm

Must be returned to the library.

Requests are not always successful because many institutions do not lend their theses/dissertations. We get loans in paper format whenever possible, but many theses/dissertations are only available for loan in microfiche or film.

Purchase a Thesis/Dissertation 

Options Cost to you Delivery Format Notes
Via the Dissertations & Theses database

$36 or more depending on format selected

Immediate-3 weeks depending on format selected


Web download or priority mailed to your address.
  • PDF download
  • paper (hardbound, softbound, or unbound)
  • microfiche
  • microfilm
 Order online with your credit card, or print and mail/fax order form to UMI with payment.

Canadian Theses/Dissertations 

Some Canadian theses are available online through the Theses Canada Portal. Most others are only available on microfiche via interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives of Canada .