Dissertations: University of Rochester

Finding UR Dissertations online:

Finding UR Dissertations in print:

• If you know the author or title: search the Voyager Catalog and note the location as well as the call number.
  If you want to see dissertations from a particular UR department, you can search Voyager first to identify titles that might be interesting, or simply go to the appropriate library and call number range, and browse. Until 2007, the University of Rochester Libraries required graduating PhDs to supply two copies of their dissertation to the library.  One copy was, and continues to be, located in the appropriate subject library and can usually be borrowed. The second copy was deposited with the University Archives in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections; those copies are housed off-site. If necessary, the Archives copy can be retrieved and used in the reading room of the Department of Rare Books. Since the beginning of 2008, the electronic copy deposited in UR Research has become the archival copy of record. 2008-2010 marked a transition period; from 2011 doctoral students are only required to submit one hardcopy for the circulating collection.
  
  
• To search Voyager:

Use Advanced Search, and set up your search like this:

 university of rochester --> as a phrase --> in Thesis Institution
AND
 department name --> (‘all of these’ or ‘as a phrase’)--> Thesis Institution

For example:

If you have any problems finding UR dissertations, ask at the reference desk of any UR library.

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Call Numbers and Locations for Dissertations in the University of Rochester Libraries

If you have any problems finding UR dissertations, ask at the reference desk of any UR library.

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