HERO Higher Education and Research Opportunities HERO, the official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations in the UK, is now closed but the link takes you to a lot of useful HE sites
EThOS Electronic Theses OnLine - UK "Improving research theses access to those who need it "
Open Thesis a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools
thèses Lyon 2 Lyon 2 met en ligne sa 1000ème thèse électronique depuis l'an 2000;
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HAL (Hyper Articles en Ligne) L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion d'articles scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, et de thèses, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
www.rae.ac.uk RAE - Research Assessment - 2008 results will be published on 18 December 2008
INTUTE: French formerly part of SOSIG and ALTIS, now part of Academic Information Gateway INTUTE . French section says: "Search or browse the database of French Studies resources which have been selected, evaluated and described by subject specialists. Our target audience is lecturers, researchers and students within UK higher and further education." As yet it is quite new (2006) and far from comprehensive, but promises much in the longer term.
Open Thesis a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools