LibGuides: Writing 720K 16S Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Getting Started

Find Theses & Disertation

A good place to find other scholars' theses and dissertation.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ Duke University
Download the full text of all Duke dissertations available within the database after 1996.
Duke Space
DukeSpace provides access to recent Duke dissertations and master's projects as well as access to university records and other related digital content managed by the Duke University Archives.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997.
Duke Global Health Theses
Duke Kunshan Global Health These
Duke Medical Physics These

Using Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) or Document Delivery allows you to request scans of book chapters and articles not available full-text at the DKU Library.

Create a Document Delivery account.
Once you create your account, for an article, all you need to do is click the "request a copy from another library" in the search results.
Or, for book chapters, use the "Chapter" request link in your ILL account.

Finding Articles

The "Articles" search on the DKU Library homepage, is a good place to begin a search.

In addition, these databases can be used to search for articles on your topic:

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Includes the use of language as well as linguistics, phonetics, speech, communication, and sociolinguistics.
Academic Search Complete
General database with good coverage of scholarly and popular articles on a wide range of topics.
Google Scholar
Unlike the general Google search engine, Google Scholar searches across scholarly publications (articles, books, and other materials).
JSTOR
Full-text database of major scholarly journals from their earliest issues to within a few years of current publication.
LexisNexis Academic
Full text access to U.S. and international newspapers, radio and television transcripts; 1970s-present.

Finding Subject-Specific Databases

The library subscribes to hundreds of specialized databases on subject areas ranging from engineering to art history. Here's how to begin using subject-specific databases: