The Curtin Theses Collection holds the successfully completed theses of Curtin Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students. This comprises Doctorate and Master by Research awards. Masters by Coursework and Honours theses may be held by the enrolling Schools.
The collection contains over 4,400 records, about 95% of which have the full text document available.
Up to 2012, Curtin HDR theses were maintained in print form. You can search for print theses in the Curtin Library Catalogue.
Prior to being approved to graduate, HDR students are required to deposit two copies of their thesis to the University Library. The public version will be made openly available in espace.
HDR students should familiarise themselves with essential resources related to thesis preparation, including information on plagiarism and copyright.
Refer to the Guidelines for Deposit of Final Thesis under Thesis Submission for instructions on how to deposit your thesis to the University Library.
Refer to Formatting your thesis for guidance on how to format your thesis.
In writing your thesis, you may have incorporated material for which you do not own the copyright, and this could include your own published work if you have transferred your copyright to the publisher.
Before depositing your thesis to espace you must obtain permission from the copyright owner to re-use such material. For guidance on copyright requirements, refer to Copyright for HDR students.
If you have not been able to gain permission, redact the third party copyright material from the public version of your thesis prior to depositing to espace. Refer to the Guidelines for Deposit of Final Thesis under Thesis Submission for more information.
For instructions on redacting copyright content from the public version of your thesis refer to:
It is the responsibility of HDR students to ensure content in their thesis does not breach copyright legislation if made openly available in espace.
The University understands that there may be circumstances where it is appropriate to prevent public access to a thesis due to contractual reasons or sensitivity of the material. This is called an embargo.
HDR students considering placing an embargo on their thesis should talk with with their Supervisor or contact the Graduate Research School.
Refer to Guidelines for Deposit of Final Thesis under Thesis Submission for further information on thesis embargo requests.
Refer to Advance search at How to search espace to locate Curtin Higher Degree by Research Theses in espace.
Below is a list of publisher summaries for HDR students wishing to reproduce their own published article in their thesis and make openly available in espace. For more information refer to Including your research papers in your thesis on the Copyright at Curtin website.
For publishers not listed below, check the publisher’s website or contact Library Copyright Team.
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