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Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1973. 37 vols.
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D77 Index 2 (LC)
SSL Reference Z5055 U49 +D57 Index 2 (LC)
Vol. 28 covers history.
A computer-generated index arranged by subject and author, listing virtually all dissertations accepted by American educational institutions. Some Canadian and European dissertations are included. This work indexes entries in American doctoral dissertations and Dissertation abstracts international (see below), among others. (Balay, AG12)

Supplemented by: Comprehensive dissertation index. Supplement. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1973- . Annual.
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D571 (LC)

Cumulated by: Comprehensive dissertation index: ten-year cumulation, 1973-1982. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1984. 38 vols.
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D77 Index 3 (LC)

Comprehensive dissertation index. Five-year cumulation, 1983-1987. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, c1989. 22 vols.
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D77 Index 4 (LC)
Cumulations...supersede earlier annual volumes and include some citations to earlier dissertation titles for which information was erroneous or unavailable. (Balay, AG12)

Dissertation Abstracts International. A: The Humanities and Social Sciences. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1969- .
SML Reference Z5055 U49 +D57 A (LC)

Dissertations and Theses - Full Text .
Available online to members of the Yale community
ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses - Full Text contains more than 2 million entries with information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. It is the same database as Dissertation Abstracts, but with the significant advantage that titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.
If there is no option to download the fulltext of a post-1997 dissertation, this means that the author has refused to grant these rights.

Doctoral Dissertations in History. Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1973/75- .
SML Stacks Z5055 U49 L57 (LC)
Each issue follows a chronological (Ancient, Medieval, Modern)/geographical arrangement. The U.S. section is subarranged by subject. Within each section "in progress" listings precede the completed dissertations. Author index. Entries include author abstracts. (Balay, DA16)

Continues: List of doctoral dissertations in history in progress or recently completed in the United States. Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1901-73. 50 vols.
SML Stacks Z5055 U49 +L57 (LC)
SML, Andrews History Study (Room 214-215) Xb71 +J23
LSF Z5055 U49 L57 (LC)
Arranged by field of history, with author and university indexes. Published annually.

How to find Foreign Dissertations

Kuehl, Warren. Dissertations in history; an index to dissertations completed in history departments of United States and Canadian universities. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1965-1972. 2 vols.
SML Reference Z6201 +K84 (LC)
SML, Andrews History Study (Room 214-215) Z6201 +K84 (LC)
Intends to include "only those doctoral dissertations which have been written under formally organized departments of history and for which the degree of doctor of philosophy has been conferred." --Introd., v.1.

Register of post-graduate dissertations in progress in history and related subjects. Répertoire des thèses en cours portant sur des sujets d'histoire et autres sujets connexes. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1966- .
SML Stacks Z6201 R44 [Latest 10 years in Reference]
Concerned with dissertations and MA theses in progress at Canadian universities at both the master's and the doctoral level. Arranged in three parts: Completed theses, Abandoned theses, In progress. Author index. (Balay, DB191)

A note on the annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
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Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.