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Dissertations or theses

Reference list

Author, A. A. (date). Title of dissertation [Doctoral dissertation, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database Name.
Author, A. A. (date). Title of thesis [Master's thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree]. Database Name.

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

(Costin, 2018)

Notes

  • A dissertation or thesis is considered published when it is available from a database such as Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global or PDQT Open, an institutional repository, or an archive.
  • 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.