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Sources for Dissertations
ABELL
Records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary
works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published
anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. The subject areas covered include:
English language, English literature, bibliography, and traditional culture
of the English-speaking world.
Agricola
A database of citations to journal articles book chapters, reports, patents,
dissertations and other materials on agriculture.
America:
History & Life
Citations to abstracts of dissertations published in US and Canadian history
and related fields.
Aristotle
Bibliography
Aristotelian scholarship- articles and book reviews, books, and dissertations.
ARTbibliographies
Modern on the Web
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations,
and exhibition reviews.
Comprehensive
Dissertation Index, 1861-1972 . Ann Arbor, Mich.: Xerox University
Microfilms, 1973, vol. 17-37. Supplement, 1973-.
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D57 Index 2 (LC)
In part, an index to Dissertation Abstracts International.
Vol. 1-16, covering the sciences, are in the Kline Science Library, Vol. 17-32
cover the social sciences and humanities, Vol. 29-30 being devoted to language
and literature. Vol. 33-37 are an author index. The first 32 volumes form a
computer generated subject index based on keywords from dissertation titles.
The indexes aim to list all dissertations accepted at American universities
and also include those of some foreign universities. Annual supplements keep
the listing as complete and up-to-date as possible.
Dissertation
Abstracts International (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International,
1861- ).
Lists Dissertations accepted for the Ph.D. and other doctoral degrees by American
and Canadian degree-granting institutions. Dates of coverage are 1861 to the
present. Coverage is identical in all formats, although the CD-ROM and online
versions of the database do not include abstracts for dissertations prior to
1981. Issued in three parts after 1969:
Dissertation Abstracts International. Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences (1969-present)
Dissertation Abstracts International. Section B: Sciences and Engineering (1969-present)
Dissertation Abstracts International. Section C: European Abstracts (1976-1988) and Dissertation Abstracts International. Section C: Worldwide (1989-present). See also American Doctoral Dissertations (Z5055 +U49 A62 (LC))
EconLit
Bibliographic references and some abstracts for journal articles, books, articles
in collective volumes and dissertations.
Center
for Research Libraries
CRL collects research materials not held by research libraries, including dissertations.
These materials are available to the Yale community through Interlibrary Loan.
Eureka/RLIN
Major union catalog of records describing books, serials, archival collections,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, posters,
computer files, electronic resources and dissertations.
MLA
Bibliography
Materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore providing access
to citations from journals and series published worldwide, as well as books,
essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
PrimateLit
Scientific literature on nonhuman primates- includes all publication categories
(articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters,
etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction,
field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology,
evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography).
PsycINFO
Professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including
medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology,
linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references
and abstracts to journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to
book chapters and books in the English language.
RILM
(Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) Abstracts
International scholarly literature on music providing citations and abstracts
for articles in journals, congress reports, and Festschriften; catalogs; dissertations;
government and international documents; symposia; and monographs in the field
of music from 1969 to 1996, and selected citations for 1997-1998.
Sexual
Diversity Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Abstracts
Journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, proceedings,
reports, dissertations, studies, web sites, and multi-media publications.
World
Shakespeare Bibliography
Books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews
of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly
and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between
1972 and mid-2001.
ABELL
Records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary
works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published
anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. The subject areas covered include:
English language, English literature, bibliography, and traditional culture
of the English-speaking world.
Africabib.org
African Women's Database which, in addition to including citations pertaining
to women in Africa, includes conference papers, as well as references to theses
and dissertations.
ANRT l'Atelier National de Reproduction des Thèses
Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music (Royal Holloway). Abstracts of both completed dissertations and to those in progress.
Bases de Datos de Tesis Doctorales (TESEO)
Catalogue des thèses reproduites
Center
for Research Libraries
CRL collects research materials not held by research libraries, including dissertations.
These materials are available to the Yale community through Interlibrary Loan.
Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD)
Deutsche Bibliothek
Includes all holdings in the Deutsche Bibliothek from 1945 to the present, including
dissertations and Habilitationsschriften from German universities. You can also
search the Deutsche Bibliothek catalog separately through the Deutsche
Bibliothek website or their Z39.50
gateway.
Dissertation Abstract Database of Peking University Library
Dissertation and Thesis Abstract System of Taiwan
Dissertations in Central Asian Studies
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online
Eureka/RLIN
Major union catalog of records describing books, serials, archival collections,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, sound recordings, films, photographs, posters,
computer files, electronic resources and dissertations.
FRANCIS
Multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences,
and economics- religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular
emphasis on current trends in European and world literature representing serials,
journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, French dissertations,
exhibition catalogs, legislation, teaching materials, and reports.
Historical
Abstracts
References to books, articles, and dissertations on the history of the world
from 1450 to the present.
History
of Science, Technology and Medicine
Journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations
in the history of science and technology and allied historical fields.
Index
to theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by the universities of
Great Britain and Ireland
Online
Retrospective index to theses of Great Britain and Ireland, 1716-1950
International
Chinese Studies Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts Database
Provides citations to 9000 dissertations from North American and West European
institutions on Chinese studies. Useful for finding dissertations from Europe.
Jahresverzeichnis der Hochschulschriften
Middle
Eastern and Central Asian Studies
Published (and some unpublished) theses and dissertations on the relationship
between Asian states (from Pakistan in the West to Japan in the East) and the
Middle East and North Africa.
MLA
Bibliography
Materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore providing access
to citations from journals and series published worldwide, as well as books,
essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Other
Library Catalogs Worldwide
Links to several national libraries which hold dissertations from their respective
countries
Österreichische Dissertationsdatenbank
PsycINFO
Professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including
medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology,
linguistics, and other areas. Coverage is worldwide, and includes references
and abstracts to journals and dissertations in more than 30 languages, and to
book chapters and books in the English language.
RILM
(Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) Abstracts
International scholarly literature on music providing citations and abstracts
for articles in journals, congress reports, and Festschriften; catalogs; dissertations;
government and international documents; symposia; and monographs in the field
of music from 1969 to 1996, and selected citations for 1997-1998.
Russian
National Bibliography (UDB)
Books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music,
dissertations and maps.
Sammlung
digitaler Dissertationenen in Deutschland
A collection of online dissertations from several German universities.
South
African Studies
Index to South African Theses and Dissertations
Systeme Universitaire de Documentation (SUDOC)
Thèses de l'École nationale des chartes
Wanfang
Dissertations of China
Full text of more than 424 thousand Chinese dissertations and
theses from 1986 onward; 25% of which are in humanities and social sciences
and 75% in STM.
WESSWeb
Links to national libraries and individual university library catalogs.
Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress
World
Shakespeare Bibliography
Books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews
of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly
and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced between
1972 and mid-2001.
Dissertations by country or subject:
Obtaining Copies of Dissertations
Yale dissertations are kept by Manuscripts & Archives in the Sterling Memorial Library. For dissertations written at other institutions, check Orbis for the author name. Sometimes dissertations are published later as books, and occasionally the title will differ somewhat from the original title.
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