March 2009
Lending Paper Theses England Institution
PhDs
Aston Bath Birkbeck
Do not lend Do not lend Lend
Birmingham
May lend
Bournemouth
Lend at discretion of Subject Librarian Lend Available via Ethos Do not lend
Bradford Bristol Bristol West of England Brunel Cambridge Canterbury Christ Church (including Salomons Institute)
Central England Central Lancashire
Central School of Speech and Drama City (including Cass Business School)
Cranfield
In OPAC, will lend Do not lend DPhil from 1921; Post-1970 in OPAC. Do not lend Will lend Salomons – lending determined upon application In OPAC, lending at discretion of Faculty Librarian Loan considered in exceptional circumstances (not awarded)
Masters Do not hold taught Masters Do not hold taught Masters. Will lend
Lend MLitts: should have; MA & MSc: selective. Will lend If in OPAC, will lend. Not all held in library Do not lend Held in lib. Post1970 in OPAC Do not lend Will lend Salomons – lending determined upon application In OPAC, lending at discretion of Faculty Librarian Held for Research degrees only (not taught) Will lend Do not lend
In OPAC; do not lend MPhil – in OPAC, will copy for loan. MBA & MSc from Cass n/a. Information Science MSc’s – as MPhil. All other MSc’s held by depts. as ref only In OPAC (except As PhD’s restricted theses). Will lend
Copying Notes
Copying provided
10p per A4 plus P&P Microfiche: min. charge £22+VAT+ P&P
£60 per thesis
Do nt copy 20p per page plus £5 p&p.
Durham
1972- at BLDSC. Will lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos
East Anglia
Do not lend
Essex
May lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos
Exeter
In OPAC. May lend in exceptional circumstances Gloucestershire Will lend Huddersfield In OPAC. Will lend if not at BLDSC/ Ethos Hull May lend Institute of Do not lend Education (University Loan copy deposited of London) at Senate House (see London) Keele Pre-1988 not in OPAC. Will lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos Kent at Canterbury Do not lend Lancaster Do not lend Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan Leicester
Liverpool Liverpool John Moores London
Loughborough
Will lend Library holds all Med, MA, MPhil & MSc by research; plus taught dissertations in Geology and Linguistics Held by Schools not library May lend. Most LLM & MPhil held; plus some others. All MPhil, some MA held Will lend Most in OPAC. Will lend Do not lend
12p per sheet
£40 per thesis
20p per page plus p&p
Price on application
May copy (price: 2 x BLDSC requests)
Pre-1988 not in OPAC. Will lend
Holdings incomplete MBa’s generally not held. Will lend In OPAC. May lend if Those held are in not held by OPAC. May lend BLDSC/Ethos library held theses May lend May lend May lend if not held Not comprehensive, by BLDSC/Ethos (but will lend if second only if second copy copy available available) May lend if not held Not all held, but will by BLDSC/Ethos lend May lend if not held Not all held, but may by BLDSC/Ethos lend at discretion of Subject Information Officer Senate House Senate House has all (LO/U-1) will lend if MPhils and MD’s; and in collection. MA’s and MSc’s until College-held copies 1968. Will lend. of theses not College-held copies available for loan. of theses not (Pre-1975 from available for loan. Senate House only) In OPAC. Do not Hold MPhils but not lend. MA’s or MSc’s. Do not lend.
10p per sheet plus p&p No
Only with author’s permission; prices on application Microfilm only No
Yes. Prices on application
£45 per photocopy
Manchester (incl. MBS & UMIST) Manchester Metropolitan
In Ethos, will not lend In OPAC. Will lend
National Oceanographic Library (Southampton) Newcastle
Do not lend
Northumbria
Will lend
Nottingham
In OPAC. May lend if If in OPAC will lend. not held by BLDSC/ Some held by Ethos departments – not available for loan Will lend Do not lend Will lend if not held Will lend by BLDSC/Ethos Do not lend MLitt, BLitt, BD, MPhil, BPhil’s – will lend if in good condition. [MA, BA, MSc’s, BSc’s held by individual colleges only] In OPAC. Will lend if Some in OPAC, will microfilm not lend. Some in acceptable departments, not available for loan Do not lend Some held. Will lend subject to condition of item Will lend if not held If in OPAC will by BLDSC/Ethos usually lend Will not normally lend Will lend pre-1976 Not held in library, but will lend if department allows All in OPAC, will lend Masters by research (double normal loan in OPAC, will lend charge) (double normal loan charge) Taught masters generally not held in library Will lend until Ethos If in OPAC will lend available (as Lib. Use only)
Nottingham Trent Open University Oxford Bodleian
Oxford Brookes
Oxford Radcliffe Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Salford
Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam
May lend if not held by BLDSC/Ethos
Will lend if not held by BLDSC/Ethos
Not complete, will lend Retained for 5years then selected retention. Will lend
Prices on application No
Hold most MPhil, MD, MEd’s. Not MA or MSc. May lend Some held, will lend No
If in OPAC will lend. If not, at discretion of department
No No Yes. 40pppage (UK); 45ppp (EU); 50ppp (Rest of World)
Yes
£4.98 per batch of 25 pages (UK price) No
Pre-1976 only. 12p per sheet plus p&p
Price on application
South Bank
Will lend
Southampton
[Will lend until available in Ethos]
Some held. (From 2000 in digitised format)
Hartley Library – pre-1975 do not lend; 1975-1994 will lend; 1995 – will lend whenever possible. National Oceanographic Library – will not lend
St George’s Medical School Sunderland Surrey
Winchester School of Art – will not lend Do not lend Will lend if not held by BLDSC/Ethos In OPAC, will lend if not in demand and not restricted
If in OPAC, will lend
Hold last 8 years plus current year. In OPAC, will lend if not in demand and not restricted Sussex In OPAC, do not lend Only MA with distinction held in library, all in OPAC. Will lend Teeside In OPAC, will lend In OPAC, will lend Warwick In OPAC, do not lend If in OPAC, will lend – but most not held in library West of England, In OPAC, will lend If in OPAC, will lend. Bristol Not all held in library Winchester Will lend Will lend Winchester School of Do not lend Art, Southampton Wolverhampton In OPAC, do not lend Only a few in stock York Available via Ethos, All MPhil and MSW do not lend held. Some MA and MSc’s held. Will lend
Possible Prices vary. Approx. £20 for Masters; £50 for PhD. (for UK libraries) MA theses only – 10p per page plus p&p Prices on application If not author restricted – 18p per page +VAT +p&p
Cost plus p&p
Scotland Institution
PhDs
Masters
Copying Notes
Aberdeen
In OPAC, will lend [do Series keyword search: Aberdeen University thesis] In OPAC, may lend Will lend if second copy held Will lend
Research masters in OPAC, will lend. Taught masters in departments In OPAC, will lend Will lend if second copy held Library does not hold
10p per sheet, plus £3 handling, plus p&p. Colour plates £1 No 10p per sheet, plus £15 admin/p&p £60-£100 depending on size Yes
In OPAC, will lend Most held. In OPAC, may lend
No £35
Some held. In OPAC, will lend Most held. In OPAC, lend at discretion of Subject Librarian Pre-1982 not in OPAC. Will lend but require TDF in advance Only research masters held, will lend. NB: most n/a until 2010 - relocating Will lend only if second copy held
No
Abertay Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow
St Andrews
In OPAC, will lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos and second copy held In OPAC, will lend In OPAC, will lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos and second copy held In OPAC, may consider lending In OPAC, lend at discretion of Subject Librarian Available via Ethos
Stirling
In OPAC, will lend
Strathclyde
Will lend only if second copy held
Glasgow Caledonian Heriot-Watt
Napier Robert Gordon
No
Price on application
12p per page plus handling, p&p, VAT
Wales Institution
PhDs
Aberystwyth Will lend (University of Wales)
Bangor
In OPAC, will lend if not at BLDSC/Ethos.
Masters
Copying Notes
Hold all research masters, all masters on a Welsh topic, plus all awarded a distinction. Will lend. In OPAC, will lend
No
Cardiff (University of Wales) Cardiff (University of Wales Institute) Lampeter (University of Wales) Swansea Institute of Higher Education Swansea University of Wales Institute, Cardiff University of Wales, Newport
All post 1950 in OPAC, may lend Will lend
All post 1950 in OPAC, may lend Will lend
10p per sheet
Most in OPAC, will lend (Theses in Arabic not in OPAC) Do not lend
Most in OPAC, will Minimum 10p per lend sheet plus p&p (Theses in Arabic not in OPAC)
Should hold all, will lend Will lend
Should hold all, will lend Will lend
Prices on application
In OPAC, will lend
In OPAC, will lend
No
Northern Ireland Institution
PhDs
Queens University Belfast Ulster, Coleraine
Will lend
Masters
Do not hold all, will lend if in stock In OPAC, do not lend In OPAC, will lend
Copying Notes For overseas libraries only 5p per sheet plus p&p
Eire Institution
PhDs
Masters
Dublin City University National University of Ireland, Galway National University of Ireland, Maynooth Trinity College, Dublin University College, Cork University College, Dublin University of Limerick
No information available Will lend
Will lend
Will lend
Will lend
Will lend
Will lend
No information available Will lend
All in OPAC, will lend
No information available
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