Research Guides: Chinese Studies *: Theses & Dissertations

Theses & Dissertations in Chinese

China Research Gateway (CRG) This link opens in a new window
CRG is a centralized means for discovery and access to a breadth of Chinese resources, including scholarly journals, monographs, statistical publications, government documents, newspapers, dissertations, patents, and more.
China Doctoral Dissertations/Masters' Theses Full-text Database (CDMD) This link opens in a new window
Includes dissertations and theses in humanities and social sciences from major universities and institutions in mainland China.
Wanfang Dissertations of China This link opens in a new window
Contains full text and abstracts of theses and dissertations in the humanities and social sciences from key research institutions in mainland China.
Airiti Library: Journals & Theses This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to academic journals, theses and dissertations from Taiwan (mostly), mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and other countries in all disciplines.
Duxiu (Chinese Google Scholar) This link opens in a new window
Known as Chinese Google Scholar, Duxiu provides access to a huge amount of full-text scholarly resources in all subjects and formats, such as books, theses & dissertations, journal & newspaper articles, conference papers, etc.
Paste this link in the browser https://libraries.usc.edu/sites/default/files/duxiu_instructions.pdf for instructions about how to request full-text content from the database.

National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan 臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統
Includes citations, abstracts, and some full text of dissertations and theses from Taiwan institutions. Please note that you need to create a free account with the site in order to access the full-text content.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
Database of dissertations and theses, including more than 1 million available full-text (PDF).
Dissertations & Theses @ University of Southern California This link opens in a new window
Current Research @, a listing of dissertations and theses from this institution (USC).
Through this site, you can: search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by this institution and published in Proquest's Dissertation Abstracts database, view 24 page previews of dissertations and theses published after 1996, and download the full text of dissertations and theses published after 1996 (if you are an authorized user from this institution then the downloaded copies are free).
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
All dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects.

International Chinese Studies Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts Database 典藏國際漢學博士論文摘要資料庫
Provides citations to 10,000+ dissertations from North American and West European institutions on Chinese studies. Useful for finding dissertations from Europe.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Collection of international open access electronic theses and dissertations.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Database of free, open access full-text graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.