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Q. How do I find practice research doctoral theses?

Although digital copies of many Goldsmiths PhD (doctoral) theses are available through Goldsmiths Library Search it is difficult to locate practice research doctoral theses through Library Search.

The easiest way to find digital copies of practice research doctoral is to search through Goldsmiths Research Online (GRO)

To perform a search, navigate to GRO

From the landing page, click on the "Advanced Search" button located just underneath the main search bar.

In "Advanced Search" select "Thesis" as the item type (you will need to scroll down a bit).

 

Screenshot of the GRO website showing the Thesis item type selected on the Advanced Search page

 

In the keywords field enter the word "Practice". Although alternative terms are used to describe this type of research, entering the term “Practice” will retrieve the fullest range of results in GRO.

 

Screenshot of the GRO site showing the Keywords field on the Advanced Search page

 

Hit the “Search” button at the bottom of the page.

GRO started collecting digital theses completed on or after 1 June 2010, so older theses may not be available digitally. To search for pre-2010 theses, it is best to use Library Search. Print copies can be used in the Library and requested from the Library Help Desk.

Some theses will be under embargo which means that the bibliographic details and abstract of the thesis are available on GRO but the full text cannot be downloaded.

If you need further help accessing our doctoral thesis collection please contact gro@gold.ac.uk

 

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