Index to Theses announces new full-text linking facility

Index to Theses launches a new feature that identifies and links to the full text of theses available online – ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations).

Although the number of ETDs remains limited to date, Index to Theses’ new service is in response to initiatives that are encouraging UK and Irish universities to build their own Institutional Repositories or to participate in projects such as EThOSnet to host the full text of theses online. 

For the majority of entries, where an ETD is not yet available, the new Index to Theses feature will describe alternative routes for obtaining the full text of theses from that university, including specific reference to the British Library’s British Theses Service.  A full guide to the new feature can be found here.  

With some 517,000 entries, and growing at an annual rate of 18,000, Index to Theses remains the most comprehensive listing of theses accepted for higher degrees by British and Irish universities. As such it continues to prove an exceptional reference tool for the hundreds of libraries and their patrons throughout the world who subscribe to both the print and online versions.