La Trobe University theses

The Library holds print copies of higher degree theses and a small number of honours theses completed at La Trobe University up to 2010. 

The Library does not hold coursework masters theses and no longer collects honours theses.

La Trobe theses can be located through Library search. 

Search tips: use the advanced search option and enter La Trobe as a keyword and select Dissertations from the Material type drop down menu. To find honours theses, use the basic search option and enter La Trobe honours theses in the search box.

From 2010 onwards theses are made available through the Library in electronic format.  They can be located through OPAL, La Trobe University’s institutional repository.

Search tips: for general browsing of theses in OPAL, on the home page select 'GROUPS', then the 'Open Theses' group. For more specific browsing/searching: once in the Open Theses group, select any desired subject category, select 'Apply Filters' to see the results of the search. An alternative to initially going to 'GROUPS', is to select 'SEARCH' instead, scroll down options on the left and select 'Open Theses' - then select category and apply filters. To search for one particular thesis, enter its title in double quotation marks in the 'Search OPAL' box at the top of the home page.