Summer 2005 and earlier, search the UA Libraries Catalog by author (if known) or browse by department for the location of the paper copy, which you should be able to check out. Since the middle of 1986, the paper copy has the call number "Thesis" and is either shelved alphabetically by the author's last name at the end of the circulating collection on the Ground Floor of the Science Library, or in the NE Regional Depository. Up until the middle of 1986, the paper copy has a call number and is shelved with the circulating books. Click on the "Request" button for copies located in the NE Regional Depository to have them sent to the Main Campus, where you may check them out. The Archives copy must be used in Archives, which is located on the Lower Level of the Polsky Building.
1997 to Summer 2005, search Dissertation Abstracts and click on the the full-text link to open the PDF.
Summer 2005 and earlier, search the UA Libraries Catalog by author (if known) or browse by department for the location of the paper/microform copy, which you should be able to check out. In the Science Library, most paper copies have a call number and are shelved with the circulating books or in the NE Regional Depository; the microform copy is shelved alphabetically by the author's last name. For those dissertations with the call number "Thesis," look alphabetically by the author's last name at the end of the circulating collection on the Ground Floor of the Science Library. Click on the "Request" button for copies located in the NE Regional Depository to have them sent to the Main Campus, where you may check them out. The Archives copy must be used in Archives, which is located on the Lower Level of the Polsky Building.
Earlier years, search the OhioLINK Library Catalog and click on "Request" to borrow a copy, or, if available, the link to the electronic copy. Sometimes, you are able to modify the search to material type "Thesis/Diss" to obtain only theses and dissertations in your search results.
Recent years, search or browse the library's Web pages for that school for the availability of an electronic copy. Search Google by the name of the school and the keyword "library" to find a link to the library's Web site.
If not available electronically, request from interlibrary loan via ILLiad.
Search Dissertation Abstracts and purchase a copy. Dissertations Abstracts includes the doctoral dissertations for most United States (U.S.) schools for the years 1861 to the present, some dissertations for non-U.S. schools, and some master's theses. It does not include University of Akron master's theses.
Dissertation Abstracts includes the doctoral dissertations for most United States (U.S.) schools for the years 1861 to the present, some dissertations for non-U.S. schools, and some master's theses. It includes University of Akron doctoral dissertations, but does not include University of Akron master's theses. For dissertations published since 1997, you may view the first 24 pages for most dissertations for free.
SciFinder Scholar indexes chemistry, chemical engineering, and polymer dissertations for the years 1940 to the present. Search Dissertations Abstracts for the actual abstract, however.
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