Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Studies

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies’ Register of Commonwealth research is a list of higher degree theses conducted at UK Universities and relating to the Commonwealth of Nations, its member countries, and the former British Empire. The Register has been maintained since 1949 and covers research both in progress and completed; its retrospective coverage extends back to the 1920s.

From the data held in the Register, the Institute compiles and publishes the annual Theses in Progress in Commonwealth Studies as a snapshot of current research on the Commonwealth and Empire in Britain.

The Register, and Theses in Progress, are compiled and maintained as a source of current and past research on the Commonwealth, and also as a point of contact between candidates for higher degrees in British universities.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2012 edition which is available on the Institute of Commonwealth Studies website and (direct link) at http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/4515/

Thanks go to Pat Larby, the compiler and editor of the register, for her dedication to and effort on this project.

South African Theses and Dissertations

The National ETD Portal South Africa: South African Theses and Dissertations

http://www.netd.ac.za/

is run by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with the Committee of Higher Education Librarians of South Africa (CHELSA).

The database provides access to abstracts of and the full text of many thousands of doctoral PhD and some other (e.g. MA) dissertations produced in South African universities. These cover the full range of science, social science and humanities topics. There is some coverage from as early as the 1970s although there are larger numbers of post 2009 records. Search  is by keyword or browsing title, institution or year.
Access to the full text is through clicking on the Identifier in the Abstract record