A guide to searching and downloading theses from EThOS using RULDiscovery

1. Finding a thesis or dissertation
on RULDiscovery

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Start by putting your keywords into
the search bar in RULDiscovery and
clicking the search button

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When you have some search results, click on ‘Show More’ at
the bottom of the ‘Show results for’ menu to bring up the list
of different media types that RULDiscovery can find.

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Near the bottom of the list will be
‘Dissertations/Theses’. Click in the box so a
tick appears, then click ‘Update’.

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Your search results should now consist of only
dissertations and theses. To find more information on a
specific thesis, click on its title.
(To go straight to the EThOS page for the dissertation or thesis, click on the
‘Access EThOS through Regent’s University London’ link)

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To go to the EThOS page for the dissertation or thesis, click on the ‘Access EThOS
through Regent’s University London’ link
This page will give you more information about the dissertation
or thesis, including a full description of the topics covered.

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The EThOS page will show you
the abstract and other details
about the dissertation. If you
want to look at the complete
dissertation, you will need to
set up an EThOS account.

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Click on
‘Login/Registration
’ to either set up
an account or login
to your account if
you already have
one

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Once you are logged into
EThOS, you should see
you username at the top
of the screen. To see what
your options are for
accessing the full text of
the dissertation, click
‘Choose Download and
Delivery Options’

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If the dissertation or thesis
is available digitally, you
should be able to download
a copy for free
Click on ‘Add
to Basket’ if
you want to
download
the file

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You will then be able to see
the contents of your basket.
You can add more titles or
click ‘Confirm’ to start
downloading the file.

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You will then see
the order
conformation page
and will need to
agree to the
copyright
statement before
you can download
your file.

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Next, click on
‘Download’ to
go to the
download
manager.

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Click the tick box next
to the files you want
to download.

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Finally, click the
‘Download’
button that
appears and your
web browser
should download
the file for you, as
a zipped file.

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Questions about RULDiscovery ?
Contact Katherine Rose at
Katherine.Rose@regents.ac.uk
Questions about EThOS ?
Contact Angela Applegate at
Angela.Applegate@regents.ac.uk