Falvey Library provides access to doctoral dissertations and masters theses written by Villanova scholars in fields including Nursing, Philosophy, Engineering, and History. In addition, we provide access to undergraduate honors theses as well as some "non-honors" theses.
This guide will help you locate these works of Villanova University scholarship.
CLAS & College of NURSING
See below for information on finding theses and dissertations written by Villanova University masters and doctoral candidates in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Nursing.
Beginning through 1964
M.A. and M.S. theses and Ph.D. dissertations that Falvey holds in print are being scanned in chronological order. As of this writing (May 2020), the library is processing 1965 through 1967 and will continue until all theses and dissertations are available in electronic format.
- Print copies are not listed in online catalog.
- Print copies are located in Old Falvey cage; ask at Access Services, providing the thesis writer's degree and graduation year.
- Digitized copies available via Digital Library and are listed in the library catalog
1965 through 1988
Theses and dissertations from this time frame may be held in print in the Old Falvey cage, but are not listed in any online catalog.
- Print copies are not listed in the online catalog or in the Digital Library.
- Ask at Access Services; you must provide the thesis writer's degree (e.g., M.A., M.S., Ph.D.) and graduation year.
1988 through 2005
Theses and dissertations from this time frame are held in print in the Old Falvey cage, and are listed in the library catalog.
- Search the library catalog by author name or title, or browse by degree and year (e.g., M.A. 1989)
- When you've identified the material of interest, ask at Access Services.
1995 through present (Ph.D. dissertations)
Ph.D. dissertations from CLAS disciplines, Nursing, and Engineering are available via ProQuest.
- Search ProQuest (Dissertations & Theses @ Villanova) by author or title; additional searchable fields include abstract, advisor/committee members, subject headings, department, degree, year, and number of pages.
- NB: Villanova's Engineering dissertations are available in ProQuest from 2013 - present. See below for more detail on Engineering theses and dissertations.
2006 through present (M.A. and M.S. theses)
M.A. and M.S. theses from this time frame are available online in PDF format via ProQuest.
- Search ProQuest (Dissertations & Theses @ Villanova) by author or title; additional searchable fields include abstract, advisor/committee members, subject headings, department, degree, year, and number of pages.
School of Engineering
See below for information on finding theses and dissertations written by Villanova University masters and doctoral candidates in the College of Engineering.
1988 through 2013
Engineering theses and dissertations from this time frame are held in print in the Old Falvey cage.
- Search the library catalog by name or title, or browse by call number for degree and year, e.g., M.S.C.E. 2010.
- When you've identified the material of interest, ask at Access Services.
NB: Engineering did not require their students to send their theses or dissertations to ProQuest until 2013, so these documents are available only via Falvey.
2013 through present
Ph.D. dissertations from the College of Engineering written in 2013 and beyond are available via ProQuest.
- Search ProQuest (Dissertations & Theses @ Villanova) by author or title; additional searchable fields include abstract, advisor/committee members, subject headings, department, degree, year, and number of pages.
Undergraduate Theses
See below for information on finding theses and dissertations written by Villanova University undergraduates.
1989 through present (Honors Theses)
Honors theses from this time frame are available via the Digital Library.
Only selected theses are available for the 1980s and 1990s; the collection is almost or completely comprehensive from around 2000 forward.
1993 through 2005 (Honors Theses)
Honors theses from this time frame are held in print in Old Falvey cage.
- Search the library catalog by name or title, or browse by call number for degree and year, e.g., B.A.H. 2000 or B.S.H. 2003
- When you've identified the material of interest, ask at Access Services.
This collection is not comprehensive.
1928 through present (Non-Honors theses)
A small number of theses have been digitized and made available via the VU DIgital Library.