Information

Source

Obtainable

Comments

Comprehensive

Doctoral dissertations

Citations began in 1861 and include almost

dissertation index

every doctoral dissertation accepted in

North America thereafter.

The index is

available at larger library reference desks

and is organized into 32 subject volumes and

5 author volumes.

Specific titles are

located through title keywords or author

names.

Ph.D. dissertations from all U.S.

universities are included.

AGI Directory of

Faculty Members

Regular updates of faculty, specialties, and

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telephone date.

Department

DATRIX II University

Dissertations and Masters

Using title keywords, a bibliography of

Microfilms

theses

relevant theses can be compiled and mailed

International

to the user within two weeks.

In addition,

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the DATRIX Alert system can automatically

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and Michigan)

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Ph.D. dissertation or

Free index from University Microfilms

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Masters theses

International.

Some universities do not

Dissertation

submit dissertations to University

Bibliography by

Microfilms for reproduction or abstracting,

State

however, and the dissertations from these

schools do not appear in the United States

Geology index.

Citations for dissertations

not abstracted must be located through

DATRIX II or Comprehensive Dissertation

Index.

Dissertation

Extended abstracts of

Once the citation for a specific

Abstracts

dissertations from more

dissertation has been obtained from the

International,

than 400 U.S. and Canadian

Comprehensive Dissertation Index or from

Volume B   Science

universities

DATRIX II, the abstract can be scanned to

and Engineering, a

determine whether it is relevant to the

monthly publication

project at hand.

Since some universities do

of University

not participate, some theses indexed in the

Microfilm

two sources listed above must be obtained

International

directly from the author or the university

at which the research was completed.

Abstracts of Masters theses available from

University Microfilms are summarized in 150 

word abstracts in Masters Abstracts and are

indexed by author and title keywords.

Both Dissertation Abstracts International

and Masters Abstracts are available at many

university libraries.

A hard (paper) or microform (microfilm or

microfiche) copy of any dissertation or

thesis abstracted can be purchased from

University Microfilms.

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