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OATD.org aims to be the best possible 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 6,482,268 theses and dissertations.
OATD has a database of over 2.7 million records from open access repositories, including research from more than 200 countries. OATD’s content coverage is extensive. It includes theses and dissertations from universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia. It covers a wide range of topics, including humanities, social sciences, business, economics, education, science, technology, law, engineering, and medicine. The database also provides access to full-text theses and dissertations from many other universities in countries around the world.