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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (1637+)"Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDTGlobal provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses."
For abstracts from 1938-1980 see the print volumes of Dissertation Abstracts International
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Dissertation Abstracts International* (1938-1980)See the print volumes in the UCF Main Library - General Collection -- 1st floor -- AS30.M5 (volumes 1-40, 1938-1980)
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Global ETD Search"Global ETD Search is a free service that allows researchers to find ETDs based on keyword, date, institution, language and subject. Global ETD Search is based on a growing collection of approximately 4 million ETDs from more than 200 universities on all continents."
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Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD)OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1000 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 2 million theses and dissertations.
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WorldCat Dissertations & Theses (FirstSearch)All dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects.
About Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations and theses can be especially useful for:
- Locating recent research that may not yet be published in book or article format (a revised dissertation often is published later as a book or a series of scholarly articles; to find these, try searching for other works written by the same author); and
- Identifying both primary and secondary sources on a topic.