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Information Systems Doctoral and Master's theses that have been submitted to Rhodes University can be found via the Rhodes Digital Commons.
We acknowledge that not all theses and dissertations submitted for degree purposes have been submitted to the Library as per the University’s rules and regulations. Should a thesis or dissertation not be on the repository, please contact us.
Any queries in this regard can be submitted to digitalcommons@ru.ac.za
The copyright of a thesis resides with the author. A thesis may be consulted for research purposes only, and any reference to its contents must be duly acknowledged.
Rhodes University Library does not keep honours theses. Departments often keep their copies of honours theses but these are not reflected in the Libraries' catalogue.
South African ETD Collections
IRSpace (a federated search engine which searches across all South African research repositories)
Post-Graduate students and staff can request South African theses that are not available online through Inter-Library Loan.
Other ETD Sites/Portals
Australasian Digital Theses Program (ADT) The ADT Website, was decommissioned in March 2011. Theses are accessible via the awarding institutions, via Google, and via the National Library of Australia's Trove discovery service. For further information, see Finding Australian theses. New Zealand theses are accessible via nzresearch.org.nz. For recent Waikato theses, see the Research Commons.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Initiative (NDLTD)
PhdData: The Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Each year hundreds of thousands of works are added. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
Please have a look at the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses LibGuide for Searching Tips and suggestions for managing your results more effectively.