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If you access a dissertation or thesis in the database ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global, in an archive or in an institutional repository it is considered published. If the publication number is available place it after the title in parentheses. The phrase Doctoral dissertation, Master's thesis or Undergraduate thesis and the name of the university are placed in square brackets, then the name of the database, archive or repository. Only include the URL at the end if the reader will be able to access the document directly.
Example:
Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer
satisfaction and customer loyalty [Doctoral dissertation, Monterey University]. Academic Excellence Archive.
https://www.exampleurl.edu/12345/67890/Kabir.pdf
Kabir, J. M. (2016). Factors influencing customer satisfaction at a fast food hamburger chain: The relationship between customer
satisfaction and customer loyalty (Publication No. 10169573) [Doctoral dissertation, Wilmington University]. ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses Global.
If you access a dissertation or thesis in print form or it does not have an online version or the online version is not publicly available, consider it unpublished.
Example:
Lopez, L. (2019). Leadership perceptions and practices of high school leaders [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of
Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.
Lopez, L. (2019). Leadership perceptions and practices of high school leaders [Unpublished master’s thesis]. University of
Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.