General Rule:
Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis (Publication No. #) [Doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree], Name of Database.
Example:
Davis, P. M., (2010), Access, readership, citations: A randomized controlled trial of scientific journal publishing. (Publication No. 3429815) [Doctoral dissertation, Cornell University], ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
General Rule:
Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis [Doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis, Name of Institution], Name of Website, URL
Example:
Buckman, A., (1997), MOOSE Crossing: Construction, community, and learning in a networked virtual world for kids, [Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology], DSpace@MIT, https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/33821
General Rule:
Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis [Unpublished doctoral
dissertation or master’s thesis], Name of Institution.
Example:
Smith, J.P., (1972), A study of instructional objectives and methods for interpersonal communication, [Unpublished master’s thesis], Harvard University.