E-resources Help: Theseus

Theseus open access repository

Theses and publications of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences online.

• Theseus search instructions (Information and Research Guides)
• Theseus search instructions (Theseus)

How to search in Theseus

Browse content in Theseus

You can browse the content in Theseus by collection, title, author, publication date or subject. Links to different browsing options are available on the Theseus home page.
 

Search for materials

To search for materials, type your search term in the search box on the Theseus home page. The search covers all collections and materials (thesis and UAS publications) by default. After you have done a search you can filter the search results (Show Advanced Filters).

Use filters to narrow your search result to include e.g. only master's thesis: select Level of thesis and type YAMK. Click the + sign to add more fields. Click Apply.

Search tips

• Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT (capitals) can be used when searching in Theseus. Use brackets for more complex searches. Example: (operation OR hospital) NOT patient. This search lists all items that include words operation and hospital, but not the word patient. Please read more about Boolean operators in Guide to Information Seeking > Retrieval techniques.
• Use a question mark (?) to replace one character and an asterisk (*) to replace a string of characters. E.g. r?d > red, rod, etc. and r*d > raid, realised, etc.

Contains theses published by universities of applied sciences in Finland, see instructions.

Accessibility of e-resources

The guide to Accessibility of e-resources provides information on e-accessibility features, e.g. listening to e-books and e-articles.

Additional instructions