Doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis

In-text citations

Author, year, page

Example: (Listhaug, 2015, p. 32)

In the reference list

Printed:

Author. (Year). Title in italics [Master’s thesis/Doctoral dissertation]. University.

Example:

Listhaug, K. F. (2015). Spatial prepositions and second language acquisition: The acquisition of spatial prepositions in French by native speakers of Norwegian [Doctoral dissertation]. Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

From Internet:

Author. (Year). Title in italics [Master’s thesis/Doctoral dissertation, University]. Site name. URL

Example:

Jerpseth, H. (2017). Older patients with late-stage COPD: Care and clinical decision-making: A qualitative study with perspectives of patients, nurses and physicians [Doctoral dissertation, University of Oslo]. DUO Viten arkiv. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-58501

Note: If a printed dissertation is published with a publisher, you’ll include that information instead of the university.

EndNote

Add as  Thesis.

Printed: Fill in the fields Author, Year, Title, University, Thesis type.

From Internet: Fill in the fields Author, Year, Title, Thesis type (include name of institution), Name of database, URL.

 

Zotero

Add as Thesis.

Printed: Fill in the fields: Title, Author, Type, Date, Archive*

From internet: Fill in the fields: Title, Author, Type, University, Date, URL, Archive*

Note: *Institution or publisher

Checklist:


Remember to check the publisher: is the dissertation or thesis published at a university or with a publisher?

Test yourself!

You are citing a dissertation that is done at the University of Stavanger, but published by Universitetsforlaget. You are using the printed book version. Which is the correct publisher information?
Correct! If the printed version is published by a publisher, you are omitting the university’s name.
Incorrect, give it another try.