Mackay Theses Collection now available digitally

More than 700 research theses now available for free to the public, researchers, students, industry professionals & government entities

August 15, 2017
Jill Stockton

Mackay Theses Collection now available digitally

More than 700 research theses now available for free to the public, researchers, students, industry professionals & government entities

August 15, 2017
Jill Stockton

University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno announces the completion of the Mackay Theses project. More than 700 research theses are now available for free to the public, researchers, students, industry professionals and government entities.

The Mackay Theses Collection offers geologic, hydrological, geothermal, mining and metallurgical information. The dissertations and theses include narrative, figures, data, plates, maps and hand-drawn and colored cross sections, photographs, images, micrographs, seismic sections, and other figures. The theses and dissertations digitized for this project consist of print text, microfiche and microfilm and are dated from 1908-1993. They are currently housed in the DeLaMare Science and Engineering Library and University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections.

All materials can be found online at MackayTheses.unr.edu.

*This project was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services which was administered by the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)

August 15, 2017
Jill Stockton

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