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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Information at a Glance

Resource Type
Comprehensive searchable collection of dissertations and theses.
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Any subject.
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Description

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.

Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT — Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.

PQDT is available on the Web through ProQuest® Databases . Features include natural language searching, database segmenting, and conceptual smart searching.

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Coverage

1637-- present
Full-Text - Most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.

Update Frequency
Ongoing.
 
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