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Electronic theses & dissertations (ETDs)

Electronic dissertations and masters’ theses have been deposited in the Libra scholarly repository at the University of Virginia since 2012. Libra makes UVA scholarship available to the world and provides safe and secure storage for the scholarly output of the UVA community. Submitting your work to Libra is a graduation requirement for all graduate students whose programs have required theses and for PhD students. LibraETD is can be used by all students, undergraduate  or graduate, whose programs have optional theses or capstones.

Before you upload your thesis or dissertation, be sure you have reviewed:

Copyright Essentials for Scholarly Work  (including Graduate Students)

The ETD Submission Checklist

Older dissertation formats

All dissertations submitted to the UVA Library in CD format were deposited into Libra in early 2014. Access to these items is UVA-only, replicating the accessibility level of the originally deposited CDs.

If you are the author of one of these dissertations and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

Paper copies

We no longer accept paper copies for the Library shelves.  Many frequently requested dissertations from the UVA collection have been added to Libra through a generous grant from Jefferson Trust. If you are the author of one of these dissertations now in Libra and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

If your dissertation was published in paper previously and you would like it to be added to Libra, please  contact us .

Many UVA dissertations were deposited in ProQuest until 2012, and some students continue to take the option to deposit to this commercial vendor of databases and other information products. ProQuest’s  Dissertations and Theses Full Text  database contains many dissertations published in the U.S. and is used by scholars worldwide whose institutions opt to provide paid access to the database. ProQuest also sells full-text copies of dissertations directly to the public, though it is worth noting they do not share revenue from those sales with authors. NOTE: To access "online" ETD's in Proquest, you must be affiliated with an institution that subscribes to the ProQuest database.

ProQuest charges fees for submission, and they have particular formatting and copyright requirements.  Please see their  submission instructions  for details. UVA does not require thesis or dissertation deposit to ProQuest, nor does UVA have an institutional agreement with ProQuest for such deposit. Students who opt to deposit with ProQuest do so as individuals contracting with this vendor.

Libra Contents

• Libra: Search and submit
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• About LibraData
• About LibraOpen
• Copyright essentials

Spring 2024

UVA's newly-renovated main library, Shannon, is open! As we move the books back in, services may be impacted. See current service status.

Electronic theses & dissertations (ETDs)

Electronic dissertations and masters’ theses have been deposited in the Libra scholarly repository at the University of Virginia since 2012. Libra makes UVA scholarship available to the world and provides safe and secure storage for the scholarly output of the UVA community. Submitting your work to Libra is a graduation requirement for all graduate students whose programs have required theses and for PhD students. LibraETD is can be used by all students, undergraduate  or graduate, whose programs have optional theses or capstones.

Before you upload your thesis or dissertation, be sure you have reviewed:

Copyright Essentials for Scholarly Work  (including Graduate Students)

The ETD Submission Checklist

Older dissertation formats

All dissertations submitted to the UVA Library in CD format were deposited into Libra in early 2014. Access to these items is UVA-only, replicating the accessibility level of the originally deposited CDs.

If you are the author of one of these dissertations and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

Paper copies

We no longer accept paper copies for the Library shelves.  Many frequently requested dissertations from the UVA collection have been added to Libra through a generous grant from Jefferson Trust. If you are the author of one of these dissertations now in Libra and would like to change the access level to be world-wide open access, please  contact us .

If your dissertation was published in paper previously and you would like it to be added to Libra, please  contact us .

Many UVA dissertations were deposited in ProQuest until 2012, and some students continue to take the option to deposit to this commercial vendor of databases and other information products. ProQuest’s  Dissertations and Theses Full Text  database contains many dissertations published in the U.S. and is used by scholars worldwide whose institutions opt to provide paid access to the database. ProQuest also sells full-text copies of dissertations directly to the public, though it is worth noting they do not share revenue from those sales with authors. NOTE: To access "online" ETD's in Proquest, you must be affiliated with an institution that subscribes to the ProQuest database.

ProQuest charges fees for submission, and they have particular formatting and copyright requirements.  Please see their  submission instructions  for details. UVA does not require thesis or dissertation deposit to ProQuest, nor does UVA have an institutional agreement with ProQuest for such deposit. Students who opt to deposit with ProQuest do so as individuals contracting with this vendor.

Libra Contents

• Libra: Search and submit
• About Libra
• About LibraETD
• About LibraData
• About LibraOpen
• Copyright essentials

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Finding Dissertations and Theses

• Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Full text (PDF) of most US dissertations from 1997 on, many earlier works and some from outside the US plus some master's theses. Also lists all dissertations and theses from 1861 on from US universities and some works from Europe and Asia from 1637 on. Abstracts included after July, 1980. See also Finding Dissertations
• Libra: UVa's Online Repository All UVA dissertations are uploaded to Libra, the University of Virginia’s online institutional repository, as of May 2014. Prior to that, UVA dissertations were put into Dissertations & Thesis Global database by PROQUEST .
• Center for Research Libraries The approximately five million newspapers, journals, books, pamphlets, dissertations, archives, government publications, and other resources held by CRL support research and teaching. CRL acquisitions include materials from all world regions: Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. UVA is a member!
• DART-Europe This link opens in a new window Search for dissertations from over 300 European universities. Most are available for immediate download.
• EThOS This link opens in a new window Search for dissertations from British universities. Many are available for download after registration. ILL can often get a copy of those available only in print.
• Google Google indexes dissertations it finds on the web. Many will be full text. If you don't find what you need, consider using other resources such as those on this web page.
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) he Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
• OCLC WorldCat OCLC WorldCat lists most dissertations for most colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and a great many from around the world. If you know the author's name or dissertation title, this is a solid resource.
• Open Thesis OpenThesis.org is a searchable thesis & dissertation database, which helps increase the availability and utility of these important documents.
• Open Access Theses and Dissertations OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions.
• Theses (Dissertations) Canada Theses Canada was launched in 1965 at the request of is a collaborative program between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and nearly 70 universities accredited by Universities Canada.
• TROVE Australian Theses/Dissertations Trove is a free repository of Australian material, including almost a million Australian theses.

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) can borrow materials from libraries worldwide for UVA faculty, students and staff. Materials you may request include articles, books, dissertations, government documents, technical reports, patents and newspapers on microform. In some cases videos and sound recordings are also available.

• First-time users, please visit  our sign in page  to set up an account. After setting up your account, you will be able to request and track the process of all your Interlibrary Services requests.
• Logon to your ILS account  and choose the appropriate Request Type from the menu on the left side of the page. Fill in as much information as you have available to ensure we borrow the correct item.
• Requests are usually filled in 3-10 working days.

Alternatively, if you believe an item should be purchased for our collection, you can make a  purchase request  and it will be reviewed by appropriate staff.

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ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Virginia Tech has been a world leader in electronic theses and dissertation initiatives for more than 20 years. On January 1, 1997, Virginia Tech was the first university to require electronic submission of theses and dissertations (ETDs). Ever since then, Virginia Tech graduate students have been able to prepare, submit, review, and publish their theses and dissertations online and to append digital media such as images, data, audio, and video.

University Libraries staff are currently digitizing thousands of pre-1997 theses and dissertations and loading them into VTechWorks. Most of these theses and dissertations are fully available to the public, but we will, in general, honor requests by the item's author to restrict access to Virginia Tech only. See our process for Requesting that Material be Amended or Removed .

To search all Virginia Tech print and digital theses and dissertations, use the University Libraries ETD resource guide .

Materials that are restricted to Virginia Tech only may be requested via your own university or public library's Interlibrary Loan program or through the VTechWorks request form that appears when you try to access the item. You might also be able to obtain a copy of the work through ProQuest's database of theses and dissertations. If you are on a Virginia Tech campus but are unable to find the pre-1997 thesis or dissertation you are seeking in VTechWorks, you may also be able to order a physical copy from library storage. Please check the library catalog at http://www.lib.vt.edu/ for physical copies.

The guidelines that apply to Virginia Tech's graduate students as ETD authors can be found at http://guides.lib.vt.edu/ETDguide .

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Caroline Riedstra from the Drew Dudley Lab wins prize in Thesis Slam!

April 27, 2024 by [email protected]

Caroline Riedstra explains her research:  Melanoma is one of three most likely forms of cancer to spread to and grow within the brain. Therefore, it is important for us to understand how melanoma cancer cells get to the brain in the first place. Much like famous fictional character Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, melanoma cells flip between two distinct personas known as gene states, and in reality, neither of these are really good, but one we are more effective at treating. My research studies this switch and what genes are causing the melanoma cells to flip between Jekyll and Hyde. This would aid the development of drugs and therapy that allow us to target the entire population of melanoma cells in the brain, thereby improving the treatment of melanoma brain metastases and decreasing the lethality of this diagnosis. [ more ]

Also performing strong in the final competition were 3 more students in MIC labs Alexys Riddick, Rossymar Rivera Colón, and Yuang Sun. Congratulations!!!

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