Dissertation abstracts

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Dissertation Abstracts Online combines, enhances and enlarges the indexing access to records of dissertations included in its printed predecessors, Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI) and Comprehensive Dissertation Index (CDI (see following descriptions). Unlike DAI, abstracts are included only for titles completed since July 1980, although like CDI, bibliographic data for titles is included for dissertations back to 1861. It also includes citations and abstracts for masters theses drawn from University Microfilms' Masters Abstracts International.

Not all dissertations included in Dissertation Abstracts online are available for purchase through UMI since, like Comprehensive Dissertation Index, it indexes both Dissertation Abstracts International and other dissertation lists as well.

The corresponding printed indices are:
Dissertation Abstracts International . Ann Arbor, University Microfilms International. v.1- 1938- . Monthly.
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Section B: The Sciences & Engineering
 This is a bibliography of dissertations submitted to University Microfilms International (UMI), a commercial microform publisher, by universities in the United States and Canada, and increasingly by universities throughout the world. A microfilm copy of each dissertation submitted is produced by UMI and made available for sale, in either microfilm or hard copy. A complete list of institutions participating in this UMI program at any given time can be found in the introductory pages of any issue of DAI, although inclusion in this list doesn't necessarily mean that all departments of a given institution participate.
DAI is arranged by broad subject area, and each issue contains an author index and a keyword index to words in the title of each dissertation. Abstracts are also included, usually written by the author.
All dissertations included in DAI are available for purchase at standardized rates through UMI and may be available through interlibrary loan (see Obtaining copies of dissertations ).

Comprehensive dissertation index . Ann Arbor, University Microfilms International. v.1- 1861/1972-. Annual.
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Comprehensive Dissertation Index (CDI) is a cumulative index to several standard bibliographies of dissertations, such as American Doctoral Dissertations and Dissertation Abstracts International, as well as to early lists of dissertations completed at individual institutions. Arrangement is by broad disciplines, and then by subject. It includes author indexes as well as keyword indexes to title words. Since it indexes sources other than Dissertation Abstracts International , not all dissertations included in CDI are available for purchase through UMI. Those which have been microfilmed and made available carry an Order No. at the end of the entry.

Theses Canada Portal (National Library of Canada)

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Provides access free of charge to full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from 1998-2002. You can also search bibliographical records of over 220,000 Canadian theses dating back to 1965.

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Index to theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards (London: Aslib, 1970-.)

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This source provides author, title, university, degree, year, and keyword access to dissertations completed in the universities of Great Britain and Ireland since 1970. Abstracts have been included since 1986, and bibliographic records extend indexing coverage back to 1716. The new and enhanced service provides total bibliographic control of all theses ever produced by British and Irish Universities.

Many countries publish lists of dissertations accepted for degrees at their institutions of higher learning or include dissertations as part of their national bibliographies. In addition, there are subject- or discipline specific lists which report dissertations completed throughout the world. Consult Michael Reynolds' Guide to Theses and Dissertations: An International Bibliography of Bibliographies (Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1985)(SML, Main Reference Room Z5053 +R49 1985 (LC)) for a comprehensive list of these sources.