The majority of dissertations in the UC Berkeley Libraries are from UC Berkeley. The libraries have a nearly complete collection of Berkeley doctoral dissertations and a large number of Berkeley masters' theses.
Online:
Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
UCB access only
1861-present
Full text of most doctoral dissertations from UC Berkeley from 1996 forward. Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.
At the Library:
Starting in 2011, the UC Berkeley Library stopped receiving dissertations in print and began to collect online only. Master's theses and projects from departments may still be collected in print. To locate dissertations, master's theses, and master's projects from a specific UC Berkeley department, search UC Library Search for the keywords
berkeley dissertations <department name>.
Examples:
berkeley dissertations electrical engineering computer sciences
berkeley dissertations mechanical engineering
Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
UCB access only
1861-present
Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.
WorldCatDissertations
UCB access only
Covers all dissertations and theses cataloged in WorldCat, a catalog of materials owned by libraries worldwide. UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students may use the interlibrary loan request form for dissertations found in WorldCatDissertations.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
An index of over 3.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.