Illinois dissertations and theses in IDEALS

Did you know that you can find dissertations and theses created here at the U of I by using IDEALS? Students can now deposit electronic copies of their dissertations and theses, which means you can find full-text versions here.

You can search or browse for publications. If you know you want a dissertation from the School of Music, for example, click on “Communities” on the left, select “College of Fine and Applied Arts”, then “School of Music,” and then “Dissertations and Theses-Music”.

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You can also enter the Dissertation and Theses community and then search or browse.

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If you are a graduate student depositing your thesis or dissertation, please do this through the Graduate College at http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/submit-etd. If you deposit electronically, once your degree is conferred, your dissertation or thesis will appear in this collection.

If you have authored a dissertation or thesis in the past at the University of Illinois and would like to see it appear here, please contact ideals-gen@illinois.edu for more information.

Visual image resource (ARTstor)

Need visual images to support your research? Use ARTstor (U of I community only, library subscription resource).

ARTstor Resources in Music History http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-pdf/inter-music-history.pdf

ARTstor Resources in Theatre and Dance http://www.artstor.org/using-artstor/u-pdf/inter-theater-dance.pdf

What is ARTstor you ask?

“ARTstor is a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.”

Have fun!

Research workshops for graduate students

The Savvy Researcher
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/learn/instruction/workshops.html

Drop-in workshops geared to graduate students in all disciplines!

small class size * hands-on * quick paced * one-hour sessions

The information experts are here to help you with everything from informational organization strategies to questions about copyright law basics to locating data sets to citation management to finding grant funding.

For registration information, please visit: http://www.library.illinois.edu/learn/
Co-sponsored by the Graduate College

the end is in cite

Perhaps you haven’t started writing those term papers yet, or perhaps you are knee-deep in your thesis or dissertation. In either case, if you need a quick reminder about how to cite things in your paper, see the online version of the Chicago Manual of Style.

More help is available under the “How do I manage my research” section of the new Research Guides page of the MPAL website.