Dissertations at UCLA and Beyond
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Index to doctoral dissertations from 1637 to the present, with abstracts since 1980. A number of master's theses are also indexed, with abstracts since 1988. Many are available for download in pdf format. UCLA has access to all full text dissertations in the database. Non-UCLA users may use Dissertations Express to purchase digital or print copies of individual dissertations. - WorldCat Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
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Over 5 million dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries. Many theses are available electronically, at no charge, directly from the publishing institution. UCLA students, faculty, and staff can request non-UCLA dissertations via interlibrary loan.
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Foreign DissertationsSearch the CRL Catalog for dissertations already held at the Center. If a foreign dissertation is not at CRL, UCLA's Interlibrary Loan Service will request that CRL acquire it for your use. This special issue of Focus on Global Resources describes CRL's extensive collection of foreign dissertations.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and DissertationsThis international organization promotes the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic analogues to traditional paper-based theses and dissertations in order to more effectively share knowledge.
Selected Dissertations — Architecture and Urban Design
- The search for a theory in architecture : Anglo-American debates, 1957-1976 / Louis Martin.Thesis--Ph.D.; Princeton University, 2002.
- Moldy assumptions / by Gustave P. Heully
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Thesis--M.A.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2012. - The Production of Architectural Hybridities in Los Angeles / by Gustavo Leclerc
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Dissertation--Ph.D.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2017. - Other Things Visible on Paper: Architectural Writing and Imaging Craftsmanship, 1960-1987 / by Sarah Aileen Hearne
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Dissertation--Ph.D.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2020. - Affordable Housing in High Opportunity Areas : Insights for Fair Housing Advocates / by Emmanuel ProussaloglouThesis--M.U.R.P.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2023.
- Crafting Utopia: Paolo Soleri and the Building of Arcosanti / by Jacqueline Alexis Meyer
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Thesis--M.A.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2016. - Comfortable Modernization: Hassan Fathy's Architecture and the Decolonization of Egypt / by Mohamed Monkez Shaker
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Dissertation--Ph.D.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2019. - Widescreen architecture : the immersive visuality of John Lautner / by Jon Yoder
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Dissertation--Ph. D.;University of California, Los Angeles, 2011.
- Resilience Matters: The Design and Contention of Climate Just Futures / by Nicole Lambrou
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Dissertation--Ph.D.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2022. - Planning for modern-day public forum spaces : new urbanism and the challenges of hosting the american public realm / by K.M. Williamson
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Dissertation--Ph. D.; Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 2005. - Planning 'just' public space : Reimagining hostile designs through do-it-yourself urban design tactics by unhoused communities in Los Angeles / by Christopher Daniel Giamarino
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Dissertation--Ph.D.; University of California, Los Angeles, 2023. - Connecting Pico : a study of alternatives to re-knit the Pico Neighborhood that was divided by the I-10 freeway in Santa Monica, California / by Cecilia GarciaUrban Planning Project (M.A.)--UCLA, 2010.
- Streetscape improvement recommendations: CRA/LA Cleantech Corridor / by Daniel CaroselliUrban Planning Project (M.A.)--UCLA, 2011.
- Politics and the adoption of local development policies in Southern California cities / by Todd Andrew DonovanDissertation--Ph. D.; University of California, Riverside, 1991.