About Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
| Subject | The complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. You can view 24-page previews of many disserations & theses. To search just the dissertations and theses done at Washington University, connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Washington University in St. Louis. Doctoral candidates at some universities, for example, Stanford University,University of Tennessee-Knoxville, University of Central Florida, Florida International University, University of Michigan, and University of Texas-Austin, are not required to submit their dissertations into this database. For most comprehensive searching, you should include other sources. NOTE: You cannot request full-text of dissertations or theses via ILLiad from within the database; you can only order them using your own credit card. To request via ILLiad, log in to ILLiad, click on Request a Thesis, and fill out the form. |
| Sources | Dissertations & theses. |
| Dates Covered | 1861 ... (Indexing); 1980 ... (Abstracts of Dissertations); 1988 ... (Abstracts of Theses); there are a few dissertations prior to 1861, ranging back to 1637 |
| Help Documents | Available within database; click on Help button. |
| Print Counterpart (backfiles) | Dissertation Abstracts, Dissertation Abstracts International |
| Provider | UMI/ProQuest Information and Learning UMI's Online Dissertation Services |
| Access | On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses. |
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