DBIS - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

The database archives the largest collection of theses, dissertations, etc. worldwide (please note that full text for certain publications is subject to market availability). All subjects are represented, and accessible in full where possible. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, ProQuest includes:

millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day
over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format
over 2.1 million titles available for purchase as printed copies
full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997
strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works

More than 70,000 new full-text dissertations and theses are added to the database each year through partnerships with 700 leading academic institutions worldwide, and collaborative retrospective digitization of dissertations. Full-text dissertations are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be native PDF, some PDF image.
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, ProQuest provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.

Resource id

100519

Subjects

Agriculture and Forestry, Horticulture, Nutritiona... General and Interdisciplinary Databases Linguistics and Literature English, American Studies Archeology Architecture, Civil Engineering Librarianship and Information Science Anthropology Geography German, Dutch and Scandinavian Studies History Classics, Byzantine Studies Art History Media and Communication Studies, Communication Des... Musicology Education Philosophy Political Science Psychology Romance Studies Slavonic Studies Sociology Theology and Religious Studies Science (Academic Discipline), Research, Higher Ed...

Database types

Full Text Database

Keywords

dissertation bibliography Humanities University thesis Social Sciences

Notes

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Instructions

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Further information

Alternative titles	PQDT Global ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text (frühere...

External identifiers

ZDB	2802737-1

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