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DissertatiOn and Theses<br />

Database<br />

ProQuest<br />

Dissertations &<br />

Theses<br />

Description<br />

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) is the world’s most<br />

comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, with more<br />

than 2.3 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses included,<br />

covering graduate research from 1861 to the present. The database<br />

includes bibliographic citations for materials ranging from the first<br />

U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, and those accepted the most<br />

recently. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward<br />

also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Citations for<br />

master’s theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The<br />

full text of more than 1.9 million of these titles is available in paper<br />

and microform. More than 600,000 are also available in digital<br />

format for downloading over the web in PDF format (PDF format<br />

is available for all titles published from 1997 onwards). The full text<br />

provides 24-pages previews of dissertations and theses.<br />

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