ICU Theses

ICU Senior Theses and Master Theses

ICU senior and master theses authors retain his/her copyrights on their works even after they graduated from ICU. ICU allows present ICU full-time teaching and general staff, CLA and graduate students to browse the theses that the authors gave such permission, in compliance with the Copyright Law. Following uses are regarded as infringement of the law: Checkig out, taking photograph, photocopy, printing out, downloading, transferring and referring to your own thesis.Please refer to the following chapters

ICU Doctor Theses

Doctoral theses are stipulated as open documents. Please refer to the following chapter.

Senior Theses

Theses before 2003

Only the authors of the individual thesis hold the right to browse or to give permissions for others to use them. Authors should contact the Library when they wish to use their own thesis.

Theses from 2003 to March 2020

ICU members can browse ICU senior theses the authors gave permissions. The theses are stored in ASRS. Please follow the process [Service Hours：Until 30 minutes before the closing time of the library.]

How to access

1. Login to e-Resource Access and access ICU OPAC.
2. Select "Advanced" search.
3. Select "Thesis (Campus only)" in "Target" menu on the OPAC.
4. Use either "Title words" or "Author" field in Search Condition (To search by instructors, select "Any (Keyword)" field and put * at the end of the instructor name.)
5. Click the thesis title and show the detailed information.
6. Click the [Retrieve] button in the [Location] and retrieve the thesis from ASRS.
7. Show your ICU ID card at the service counter on the ground floor of the Othmer Library, and receive the thesis.
8. Return it to the service counter when you've finished.

Sample Search

Select [All Fields] in the pull-dowm menu on the right.

Theses June 2020 and after

You can browse the theses the authors gave permissions. The digitized version of the theses can be viewed on designated computers at the Reference Services Center during the service hour.The theses cannot be searched using OPAC.

NOTICE

The OPAC terminals installed in the library cannot search ICU senior and graduate theses.
The theses authors did not give permission cannot be browsed.
Following uses are regarded as infringement of the law: Checkig out, taking photograph, photocopy, printing out, downloading, transferring and referring to your own thesis.
Present ICU full-time teaching and general staff, CLA and graduate students can browse the senior and master theses.
Only up to 2 titles can be browsed at a time. You can browse another 2 titles after you return them.

Master Theses

Theses before 1999

Only the authors of the individual thesis hold the right to browse or to give permissions for others to use them. Authors should contact the Library when they wish to use their own thesis.

Theses from 1999 to March 2020

How to access

1. Login to e-Resource Access and access ICU OPAC.
2. Select "Advanced" search.
3. Select "Thesis (Campus only)" in "Target" menu on the OPAC.
4. Use keywords to perform search.
5. Click the thesis title and show the detailed information.
6. Click the [Retrieve] button in the [Location] and retrieve the thesis from ASRS.
7. Show your ICU ID card at the service counter on the ground floor of the Othmer Library, and receive the thesis.
8. Return it to the service counter when you've finished.

Sample Search

Select [All Fields] in the pull-dowm menu on the right.

Theses June 2020 and after

You can browse the theses the authors gave permissions. The digitized version of the theses can be viewed on designated computers at the Document Supply Center during the service hour.The theses cannot be searched using OPAC.

NOTICE

The OPAC terminals installed in the library cannot search ICU master theses.
The theses authors did not give permission cannot be browsed.
Following uses are regarded as infringement of the law: Checkig out, taking photograph, photocopy, printing out, downloading, transferring and referring to your own thesis.
Present ICU full-time teaching and general staff, CLA and graduate students can browse the senior and master theses.
Only up to 2 titles can be browsed at a time. You can browse another 2 titles after you return them.

Doctoral Dissertations

Doctoral Dissertations, published in June 2013 and after , are availble as electronic files through ICU Repository with a few exceptions.

The original paper-bound version are shelved in the ASRS. Use OPAC to search and retrieve them. Some doctoral dissertations have not been published due to lack of author approval.

ICU Repository

OPAC Search

1. Select [Advanced] search.
2. Select [ICU Doctoral Degree] in [Collection] menu.
3. Use keywords to perform search.
4. Click the thesis title and show the detailed information.
5. Click the [Click to Retrieve] button in the [Location] and click [Execute] button to retrieve the thesis from ASRS.
7. Go to the service counter on the ground floor of the Othmer Library, to receive the thesis.
8. Return it to the book truck.