Dissertations

Some dissertations and theses are available in full text from Holy Family’s subscription to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Items not available in full text can be ordered via ProQuest or Interlibrary Loan.

PsycInfo - Holy Family's subscription to this database includes references to (not the full text of) dissertations as well. Items not available in full text can be ordered via ProQuest or Interlibrary Loan.

Use the links below to locate the citation to, the abstract of, and in some cases the full text of dissertations and theses.

Dissertations and theses may be published or unpublished. Be sure to determine the published status of a dissertation or master’s thesis and choose the appropriate citation format. These examples refer to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2019).

APA discerns between two different types of documents: published and unpublished. An unpublished dissertation or thesis is only retrievable in print format. APA considers a published dissertation to be located in a database such as ProQuest, a personal website, or a web-based university archive. (See the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, pp. 333-334).

1) Published Dissertation or thesis obtained from a commercial database:

Platukus, G. L. (2020). The relationship between critical thinking and information literacy in community college students: A mixed-methods study

     (Publication No. 28022695) [Doctoral dissertation, Drexel University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. 

2) Unpublished dissertation or thesis:

Ruppel, K. K. (2020). Information literacy and the adult graduate student [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Rutgers University.