Finding Dissertations 

For nursing or health-related dissertations, search Proquest Nursing.

To find the citation of a dissertation online, use the database WorldCat.  Use this link or click on  WorldCat in the alphabetical list of databases.  Search using keywords (your topic) AND thesis or dissertation, or if you know the author, type his/her name in the search box, select "author" search, and type thesis or dissertation in the second search box.

You can also use the print volumes of Dissertation Abstracts.