ProQuest Dissertations & Theses in GALILEO
DO NOT PAY FOR DISSERTATIONS UNTIL YOU HAVE TALKED WITH INTERLIBRARY LOAN. ILL CAN USUALLY BORROW THEM FOR FREE.
From the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses entry in the GALILEO list:--- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses covers dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. Approximately 47,000 new dissertations and 12,000 new theses are added to the database each year. It selectively covers masters theses, Canadian dissertations, British, and other international dissertations. Abstracts are included for dissertations beginning July 1980 and for masters theses beginning spring 1988. For dissertations done in 1997 and later, full text is PDF form of some titles is available.
- You can search
- by author (keep it simple: last name, first name unless it's a fairly common combination: John Smith)
- by title (select Document Title-TI from the "in" drop-box)
- You can also use the "AB--Abstract Option as the field you wish to search. This is especially helpful when searching for a topic.
- by university where the dissertation was completed. Use the "University/institution" option in the drop-box and then select the desired institution from the list.
Interlibrary Loan can usually borrow the dissertation in which you're interested. For FREE. So, unless you have a burning desire to own someone else's dissertation, don't add it to "your cart", but request to borrow it with the help of Interlibrary Loan. From the ILL page click on the link for the request form (right side of the page). Please provide our colleagues with as much information as possible.
- You can find details about the dissertation by clicking on the "citation/abstract" link.
- You may include the dissertation/theses number and/or the ProQuest Document ID in your Interlibrary Loan Request.
