Unpublished Master's Thesis
Elements: Author’s Last name, Author’s First and Middle initials. (Year submitted). Title of thesis italicized [Unpublished master’s thesis]. Name of College/University.
Blount, C. (1992). Genre Envy: The threat of theory and the promise of creative writing [Unpublished master's thesis]. University of South Dakota.
Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation
Elements: Author’s Last name, Author’s First and Middle initials. (Year submitted). Title of dissertation italicized [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Name of College/University.
Baume, D. (1994). Cracking up the south: Irony in Eudora Welty [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of North Carolina.
Published Thesis or Dissertation
NOTE: Published theses and dissertations are available in databases, such as Pro-Quest Dissertations and Theses Global database, a university archive, or a personal website.
Elements: Author’s Last name, Author’s First and Middle initials. (Year submitted). Title of dissertation or thesis italicized [Doctoral dissertation or Master’s thesis, Name of University]. Name of Database or Archive. URL if published online
Finnian, R. C. (1996). Development and depression in southern teenagers [Doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota]. ProQuest Dissertations.