ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Database
Full text (in pdf format) of dissertations and theses from accredited colleges and universities in the United States and Canada is available from 1997 or earlier, with abstracts available from 1980 and citations from 1861. ITP is now among those schools that have all of their dissertations and theses available in full text on this database.
A printed copy can be purchased from ProQuest UMI for $41.00 each, whether or not available full text shows in the database.
To use the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database, go to Access Online Databases.
Current ITP Community members should Contact the Library for Passwords.
On the Access Online Databases page, scroll down the page past CSA to ProQuest. Click on ProQuest.
One way to search for dissertations in ProQuest:
- Select the Advanced tab from the top of page.
- Go to Database dropdown menu.
- Select Interdisciplinary—Dissertations and Theses Full Text.
You can then search to find a particular dissertation:
- Type in the author’s last name in the first box. Select author from the dropdown menu.
- Type a word or short phrase from the dissertation title in the box below the author’s last name.
- Select Document title from the dropdown menu. Click on the Search button.
- Check Results List for your document.
- Select Full Text--PDF to download a copy of the dissertation or thesis.
Or search for dissertations from ITP (or any individual school):
- Select School name/code from the drop down menu.
Type [institute of transpersonal psychology] in the first box. (Include [ ] )(Or use Browse Schools link and type name of school in Find Term box; add to search.) - Click on the Search button and view the Results List for ITP dissertations.
- Select Full Text--PDF to download a copy of a specific dissertation.
- To add a search by degree, e.g., m.t.p. type m.t.p. (with the periods) in the second search box.
- Select Degree from the drop down menu.