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HISTORY 495S/496S: Honors Thesis Seminar 25/26

A guide for the year-long senior honors seminar (HISTORY 495S/496S) Fall 25-Spring 26

Get Additional Benefits for Honors Thesis Writers

  • Get access to Bostock 312, a quiet study room available only to students writing senior theses (ask for the code at the Perkins Service Desk)
  • Have books delivered to the library of your choice; the Bishop's House is the library location on East Campus while Lilly is being renovated
  • Get access to study carrels for 4-hour blocks; check out a key at the Perkins Library Service Desk
  • Get access to yearlong assigned lockers (limited availability on a first-requested, first-accommodated basis). 

Request Books and Articles from other Libraries

If you come across an interesting article or book, and the article or book are not held at Duke, you can enter an Interlibrary Loan request for the material with your Interlibrary Loan Account. 

Use the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rubenstein Library holds Duke's Special Collections and Archives. Create a Special Collections Account to request materials for use in the reading room. Once set up, the account allows you to use collections in the reading room at Rubenstein and at the Wilson Special Collections library at UNC. 

Deposit Your Thesis at Duke Libraries

Undergraduate Theses Overview

Undergraduate students Graduating with Distinction (GwD) have an option to submit their completed theses to DukeSpace. Approval from program administrators and advisor is required. Not all departments participate or allow their GwD students to submit theses. Interested students should view their program’s requirements and speak with their advisor for more information. 

The following information refers to undergraduate honors theses.

Find electronic undergraduate honors theses

Since 2007, honors theses are submitted electronically and are not collected in print. Electronic honors theses can be accessed via the DukeSpace repository's Undergraduate Honors Theses collection (Select department).

Find (older) print undergraduate honors theses

Before transitioning to electronic theses, the University Archives catalogued print honors papers (also called senior honors theses) by academic discipline. The links below will show catalog records for honors papers from several disciplines.

Please note that you may view honors papers in the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Reading Room, but you may not borrow them.