Reference for doctoral dissertations and master's and undergraduate theses are divided by whether they are unpublished or published. This guide will focus on published dissertations and theses.
Published works may be available from a database, a university archive, or a personal website.
If you wish to cite an unpublished dissertation or theses, please check with your instructor to make sure this source would be appropriate for your assignment.
To learn how to cite unpublished dissertations or theses, see pp. 333-334 of the manual.
Villalobos, R. (2023). (Im)mobile girls: Latina rural girlhoods in the United States [Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
Parenthetical citation: (Villalobos, 2023)
Narrative citation: Villalobos (2023)
Shacklette, D. W. (2021). Linking processing speed and white matter: A bridge between education and neuroscience research [Master's thesis, Stanford University]. Stanford Digital Repository. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/yq219dn0952
Parenthetical citation: (Shacklette, 2021)
Narrative citation: Shacklette (2021)