Open Access Resources: Dissertations/Theses

OATD is a "resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1000 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 2,979,887 theses and dissertations."

"PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline and view the complete text in PDF format." It is a "service offered by ProQuest's UMI Dissertation Publishing."