• Printed Theses

Each copy of thesis and dissertations made in Middle East Technical University since its foundation can be found in the Library’s collection.

Printed theses can be searched within the Thesis Catalogue.

• E-Theses

This project was started in April 2003 to provide web access to theses and dissertations that have been completed at the Middle East Technical University. In September 2003, the METU Library theses and dissertations archives was established, and since that time students have been submitting their these in both print and Adobe Portable Document Format - PDF. For the electronic copy of the preparation guide for masters and doctoral theses, please click here.

Since April 2004, the Middle East Technical University Library has been a member of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), an initiative to improve graduate education, increase sharing of knowledge, help universities build their information infrastructure, and extend the value of digital libraries. In 2004, NDLTD had 204 members from all over the world: 177 member universities (including 7 consortia), and 27 institutions.

E-Theses can be acessed in the library catalogue orOpen Archives Harvester interface.

How to find master theses and dissertations made in METU

• Go to the Library Catalogue.
• Click on the “Advanced Search” button.
• Write the keywords in the first search box.
• If you are searching for masters theses, write “master” in the second search box and click on the “Search” button.
• If you are searching for dissertations, write “dissertation” in the second search box and click on the “Search” button.
• The titles which appears on the screen is listed from most recent backwards.
• When you click on a title from the list, the full bibliographical information appears.
• If the thesis was completed before September 2003, it is available only in printed form, and to read this thesis you should pick up the call number from the screen and ask for it from the reference desk.
• If the thesis was completed after September 2003, you can view the PDF version of it by clicking on the “Connect to” link which is in the bibliographical data.
• Some of the electronic theses completed in recent years could be closed to the public due to sanctions imposed by the author(s). The print versions of such theses can also be read only with the permission of the author(s).
• If you would like to search for theses by department code, after selecting the “Call Number” option, write the department code in the search box then click on the “Search” button. You can see the department codes by clicking on the Theses Classification List.
• Print versions of masters and doctoral theses may only be used in the Library.
• Photocopying theses may only be done with the permission of the author(s).

Theses and Dissertations Made in the World

By using the database Dissertations & Theses the full-text of the theses and dissertations which has been made since 1997 in the international universities, most of them in the North America, can be found. The abstracts of theses which has been made since 1861 exist in this database.