In 1914, the first thesis was written and accepted at the University of Hawaiʻi in partial fulfillment for an advanced degree (Master of Science). Nine years later in 1923, Robert Aitken completed the first University of Hawaiʻi thesis pertaining to the Pacific Islands. His was also the first Master of Arts thesis accepted at the University of Hawaiʻi. As of 2008, more than 450 doctoral dissertations and master's theses have been completed that contain research relating to the Pacific Islands region. To view a PDF list of these D&T, click here.
Digital repositories house published and unpublished material (including dissertations and theses) that has been digitized and made available by the UH-Mānoa Library. The Library currently has two digital repositories, ScholarSpace and eVols -- Scholarspace houses material produced by scholars affiliated with the University of Hawaiʻi; eVols houses material that has been digitized by the Library, but was produced by authors outside of the UH system. Some (but not all) of the material in these repositories can be found by searching the Voyager catalog; but for the most part, you need to search within the repositories themselves to see what's there.
Dissertations and theses (D&T) are an essential building block for graduate level research: In the case of a multi-disciplinary field like Pacific Islands Studies, dissertations and theses can be extremely helpful as examples of how other scholars have situated their work within various academic fields. And of course, D&T include extensive bibliographies, which can lead researchers to previously unknown resources. The Pacific Collection at Hamilton Library provides access to Pacific-related D&T in a variety of formats, and through a number of different tools.
These are lists or databases that provide an index and possibly full-text access to dissertations and theses.
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