Reference list
Doctoral dissertation
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation [Doctoral dissertation, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database Name.
Masters thesis
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of thesis [Master's thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database Name.
Example:
Costin, T. (2018). The role of disease duration and pain catastrophizing in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (Publication No.10979423). [Doctoral dissertation, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth]. Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global.
In-text citation
(Costin, 2018) or Costin (2018) or Costin (2018, p.123) asserted that …
Notes
- If the database assigns publication numbers to dissertations and theses, include the publication number in parentheses after the title of the dissertation or thesis without italics.
- URLs from academic databases (such as ProQuest) are not to be included in the reference list.