Chapter 10 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition, explains how to cite a dissertation from an institutional database like Digital UNC.
Some examples give only a URL to a landing page for all the theses and dissertations in a particular institutional database (https://ohiolink.edu/etd/). Listed below are general URLs to Digital UNC that may be appropriate to use in citations. However, Digital UNC also has permanent URLs called handles that may be a better option than a general URL (see the example citation below).
Digital UNC URLs:
- “Dissertations” page http://digscholarship.unco.edu/dissertations/
- "Capstones" page http://digscholarship.unco.edu/capstones/
- "Theses" page http://digscholarship.unco.edu/theses/
- Digital UNC homepage http://www.unco.edu/library/digital_unc/index.aspx
Basic Format
Author last name, A. G. (year). Title [Doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Colorado). Digital UNC.
http://digscholarship.unco.edu/dissertations/
Example
Clark, A. (2013). Effectiveness of the Dangerous Decibels program in children when delivered with parental
involvement [Doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Colorado]. Digital UNC.
http://digscholarship.unco.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=capstones
