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Document date: 4/92
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	Susan Bower
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HOW TO FIND MUSIC DISSERTATIONS & THESES



HOW TO FIND OUT WHAT DISSERTATIONS AND/OR THESES HAVE BEEN 
WRITTEN, OR ARE IN PROGRESS


Check the following sources:

   DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS
       Ask at the Main Library Information Desk for the CD- 
       ROM; or, Use the print copy in the Main Library  
       Reference Dept.
       Ref AS 30 D5

       Dissertation Abstracts is published by University  
       Microfilms, Inc. and contains a citation plus
       abstract for every dissertation submitted to them for 
       preservation on microfilm. Since most U.S.
       universities follow this procedure, it is an
       extensive database with access by author, title, and 
       subject.  European dissertations and those from other 
       parts of the world have been included from the mid 
       1970's on.   The CD-ROM is  up to date.


   MASTERS ABSTRACTS
       Ref Z 5055 U49 M2   Main Library

       Masters Abstracts is similar to Dissertation 
       Abstracts as described above.


   RILM
       Ask at the Arts Library Music Service Desk for the 
       CD-ROM; or, Use the print copy in the Music Reference 
       Area.
       Ref ML 1 I83

       The print version of this database covers 1967 
       through 1986; the CD-ROM covers 1970 through 1984.  
       Both publications are continuing to expand their 
       coverage.  RILM lists all types of publications about 
       music, including articles published in collections 
       such as Congress Reports or Festschriften; as well as 
       dissertations and theses and provides abstracts.  You 
       cannot depend on a particular publication being 
       included in RILM even if it is published during the 
       years for which data has been compiled; but, if a 
       publication is included, RILM provides unique access 
       to its content.


   DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN MUSICOLOGY
       Ref ML 128 M8 A4  and  Ref ML128 M8 D62

       This publication, which began in 1952, has changed 
       its coverage with almost every edition.  The latest 
       cumulated edition was published in 1984 and is 
       international in its scope.  Only American-Canadian 
       dissertations were covered through 1972, and the 1977 
       edition included dissertations from all countries 
       plus non-student works in progress.  The non-student 
       works in progress were dropped again with the 1984 
       cumulation.  Since 1984, supplements published 
       through 1991 have followed the format and content of 
       the 1984 edition.  This and the following sources 
       contain citations, but no abstracts.


   SCHAAL, RICHARD.  VERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHSPRACHIGER     
       MUSIKWISSENSCHAFTLICHER DISSERTATIONEN.
       Ref ML 128 M8 S3

       This publication covers German-language musicological 
       dissertations from 1861 through 1960.


   GRIBENSKI, JEAN, ED.  RETROSPECTIVE LIST OF FRENCH 
       DISSERTATIONS.
       Ref ML 128 L3 G7

       This volume contains French-language musicological  
       dissertations from 1883 through 1976.


   HEINTZE, JAMES R.  AMERICAN MUSIC STUDIES.
       Ref ML128 M8 H44 1984

       This publication lists masters theses whose subject 
       is some aspect of American music.  Indexes include 
       author, subject, and geogrphic area.


   GILLIS, FRANK J., AND ALAN P. MERRIAM.  ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 
       AND FOLK MUSIC.
       ML 128 E8 G5

       This publication is a bibliography and index of 
       institutions plus an index of subjects.  It contains 
       titles from a number of fields in the humanities and 
       social sciences, as well as some from other areas of 
       science considered relevant to ethnomusicology.  
       American and some foreign dissertations are included.


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Prepared by
Susan Bower
Arts Library
April 1992

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