Skip to Main Content
The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibwe-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. More

Biosystems Engineering

Biosystems engineering comprises the fields of environmental engineering, bioprocess engineering, biomedical engineering, and agriculture and natural resources.

Introduction to Theses

Theses and Dissertations

Theses and dissertations are valuable sources of highly specialized information - information that is not indexed in most commercial databases or available through search engines. The Theses Databases tab (left) provides sources which facilitate access to these resources.

Theses include substantial work in often tightly defined fields of study, and therefore they often contain material unavailable elsewhere. Often they are never published, so reading the original thesis may be the only way to obtain certain information.

For information about writing a thesis at the UofM, check the UM Thesis Guidelines and Information.

Masters' Theses and PhD Dissertations at the University of Manitoba

At the University of Manitoba, masters' theses and PhD dissertations are available through MSpace.They may be located online through the catalogue and, more recently, some are available through MSpace.

Note that you can request theses and dissertations via Document Delivery. If they are not available this way, you may have to purchase the thesis from UMI or by contacting the author(s). You may also check the library catalogues at the degree issuing institutions to locate theses and dissertations as well as searching the databases.

General Theses Databases

Note that you can request theses and disserations via Document Delivery. If they are not available this way, you may have to purchase the thesis from UMI or by contacting the author(s). You may also check the library catalogues at the degree issuing institutions to locate theses and dissertations as well as searching the databases.

Selected International Theses Databases

Australian Theses

  • The Trove service of the National Library of Australia is the quickest way to access online theses from Australian universities.
  • Go to the Trove homepage and Click on Advanced Search.  Type your search terms, then scroll down to Limit your results, and check Australian content, then go to the Format box and select Thesis.

British Theses

  • From the British Library

Canadian Theses

  • Theses Canada indexes Canadian theses and dissertations held by Library and Archives Canada (Canada's national library), acquired from participating Canadian universities. Any thesis/dissertation not available full-text online can be ordered through interlibrary loan.

French Theses

  • Open archive for digital French theses. Abstracts are available in English and Use the drop-down menu to change from version française to English.version.

German Theses

  • German theses since 1945 are listed in the catalogue of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Enter search terms in the box, followed by diss. Click Finden. Some theses are available for free download.

Swedish Theses

  • Includes English-language university dissertations from Sweden. There are more than 75,000 dissertations in the database and about half of these are available for download as PDF.