Dissertations & Theses

This page explains how to locate capstones, dissertations, and theses created by students enrolled at MSUD Denver or UC Denver. 

Search Steps

1. Go to the Auraria Library Special and Digital Collections page
2. Expand the "Scholarly Works" Collection
3. Choose which collection you want to browse

Tip: 

The search tool is not intuitive, so it is best to manually search through the collections to see what is deposited. 

Search Steps

1. Go to Dissertations & Theses @ University of Colorado at Denver
2. To the right of the search bar, there's a dropdown filter menu. Choose "Document title - TITLE" OR "Anywhere"
3. Search by keywords on the topic you're looking for or by the title of a paper you already know

Search Steps

1. Go to Dissertations & Theses @ University of Colorado at Denver
2. To the right of the search bar, there's a dropdown filter menu. Choose "Department - DE
3. Type in the title of your program, and try to keep your search terms limited.

For example, for Urban and Regional Planning, try "Urban" or "Planning" 

Tip:

Sometimes a dissertation or thesis is uploaded without a department attached! Make sure to check out more than just the ones that come up when you search for a department name. 

Search Steps

1. Go to Dissertations & Theses @ University of Colorado at Denver
2. To the right of the search bar, there's a dropdown filter menu. Choose "Advisor - ADV"
3. Search them by name on the hyperlinked "Look up Advisors"

Tip: 

Sometimes an advisor's name is not consistent across papers they are mentioned in. 

For example, this search for "Smith" brought up two different professors with varying names recorded in the database. 

In these instances, make sure you select every version of the professor's name you're searching for to see all of the papers they have advised.