Subject Guides: Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology: Books & Theses

URSUS Catalog Search

URSUS Catalog
University of Maine System library catalog, that also includes holdings from the Bangor Public Library, Maine State Library, Maine State Archives, and Maine State Law & Legislative Reference Library
MaineCat
Maine statewide catalog. You can place requests for items within MaineCat to have them delivered to UMaine.
WorldCat
WorldCat is a catalog of materials held in libraries worldwide. You can place Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests for items within WorldCat to have them delivered to UMaine.

Find University of Maine Theses and Dissertations

University of Maine Theses and Dissertations (some early titles; full coverage 2001-present)
DigitalCommons@UMaine, the University of Maine's institutional repository, provides full text access to a large number of UMaine's electronic masters theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), primarily from 2001-present, but with scattered theses that have been scanned retrospectively by special request.
University of Maine Theses and Dissertations in URSUS (1876-present)
Most theses and dissertations by academic scholars at UMaine dating back to 1876 can be found in URSUS, the University of Maine's online catalog, including those that are not available in DigitalCommons@UMaine. To access a thesis or dissertation that is not available electronically, see the section within this guide on how to "Obtain Copies of UMaine Theses & Dissertations." Note: Recent honors theses do not appear in URSUS - check Digital Commons for the full text.
University of Maine Honors College Theses in DigitalCommons@UMaine
Find undergraduate theses completed by Honors College graduates.

How to Search for UMaine Theses and Dissertations in URSUS
Click the link above for instructions on how to search for UMaine theses and dissertations in URSUS. Note: Recent honors theses do not appear in URSUS - check Digital Commons for the full text.
How to Browse URSUS for UMaine Theses and Dissertations by Department
Click the link above for instructions on how to browse URSUS for UMaine theses and dissertations by department.

Find Theses and Dissertations Produced Outside the University of Maine

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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Searchable citations of dissertations and theses. Coverage spans from 1743 to the present day and offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
WorldCat
Online catalog of materials held by over 72,000 libraries worldwide; includes citations of dissertations and theses. You can place an Interlibrary Loan request for a thesis or dissertation within WorldCat results.

On the open web

DART-Europe E-Theses Portal
Access to over 700,000 European theses and dissertations.
Global Electronic Theses & Dissertations Search
Search approximately 6 million theses and dissertations via the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations database.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 5 million theses and dissertations.
Open Dissertations and Theses, including American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955
Created from a collaboration between EBSCO and BiblioLabs, Open Dissertations is a new, free electronic theses and dissertations database offering access to more than 800,000 ETDs.

Includes electronic access to records of dissertations accepted by American universities from 1933-1955. There is no full text of the dissertations. For full text, you can place an Interlibrary Loan request.
ProQuest Open Dissertations & Theses
Full text of ProQuest's open access dissertations and theses, from 1951-present.
Theses Canada Portal
The collection contains both microfiche and electronic theses and dissertations that are for personal or academic research purposes, from participating Canadian universities.