“About EThOS
EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses.
It demonstrates the quality of UK research, and supports the UK Government’s open access principle that publications resulting from publicly-funded research should be made freely available for all researchers, providing opportunities for further research. EThOS helps institutions to meet the expectation of the UK Research Councils that PhDs supported by a Research Council Training Grant should be made freely available in an open access repository, as indicated in its Training Grant Terms and Conditions (Paragraph 104).
EThOS aims to provide:
- A national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions
- Free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers to further their own research.
There
are approximately 380,000 records relating to theses awarded by over
120 institutions. Around 120,000 of these also provide access to the
full text thesis, either via download from the EThOS database or via
links to the institution’s own repository. Of the remaining 260,000
records dating back to at least 1800, three quarters are available to
be ordered for scanning through the EThOS digitisation-on-demand
facility.
Records are held for all UK PhD-awarding institutions, but we do not (yet) hold all records for all institutions. Every month around 3000 new records are added and an additional 2000 full text theses become accessible. Access routes to the full text are determined by the individual institution and may depend on:
Records are held for all UK PhD-awarding institutions, but we do not (yet) hold all records for all institutions. Every month around 3000 new records are added and an additional 2000 full text theses become accessible. Access routes to the full text are determined by the individual institution and may depend on:
- Mandatory electronic deposit of newly awarded theses by its students
- Availability of its theses in the institutional repository
- Its level of repository development
- Digitisation priorities for its print theses
The
digitisation on demand facility is a unique feature of EThOS and
brings new e-born theses and older print content together into a
single place. Users ordering a copy through digitisation on demand
may experience a turnaround time of up to 6 weeks. There may also be
a charge for the scanning process (currently £44.37 + VAT £8.87 =
Total £53.24). Details are provided within each record.
There is a continuous programme of improvement and enhancement of the EThOS service, both for participating institutions and for users of the service. The EThOS Toolkit provides further information about all aspects of the service.
View a list of participating institutions”
There is a continuous programme of improvement and enhancement of the EThOS service, both for participating institutions and for users of the service. The EThOS Toolkit provides further information about all aspects of the service.
View a list of participating institutions”
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