Increasingly, institutions--particularly in higher education--are making research/scholarship available open access through repositories that they host online. If you are trying to obtain research from a particular region, you may want to check the repositories of institutions in that region for relevant information. To look them up by country, go to the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR). Also, for a directory to repositories containing dissertations and theses from around the world, see the Networked Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses. The TML Reference staff can help you with any questions you may have.
