Theses, Doctoral Projects, & Dissertations

Locating a Thesis

Search the Forest Library Catalog to find a Forest thesis, capstone project or doctoral project.

To view all Forest theses and doctoral projects, perform the keyword search n:thesis
To view Forest capstone projects only, conduct the keyword search n:capstone

Scirus -- Limit by Information Type: Theses and Dissertations
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
PQDT Open
PsycINFO -- 12% of the PsycINFO records contain dissertation abstracts.Click on the Search Options button to refine your search by Publication Type: Dissertation Abstract.
ProQuest Psychology Journals -- Contains 4,000+ full text dissertations representing a range of psychology disciplines for years 2000-2007.Refine search by Publication Type: Dissertations.

Borrowing -- The ILL Department can borrow dissertations one at a time for you. For the present time, the Library is absorbing any loan fees.
Purchasing -- If you are willing to pay $35, the Library can order you an unbound personal copy from ProQuest/UMI.

Avoiding Plagiarism (The Purdue Online Writing Lab)
How to Recognize Plagiarism Tutorial (Indiana University Bloomington School of Education)
Review the examples and practice exercises -- You can take the test as a non-IU student and print out a completion certificate
Plagiarism.org (Turnitin.com)
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It Tutorial (Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University at Bloomington)
Plagiarism: A Tutorial (The William and Anita Newman Library, Baruch College, The City University of New York)
Informational only (you will not be able to do the interactive exercise)
The St. Martin's Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorial (Bedford/St. Martin's)
Informational only (no exercises or quiz)
You Quote It, You Note It! Tutorial (Acadia University Vaughan Memorial Library)
Informational only (no exercises or quiz)

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