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Dissertation Abstracts

Dissertation Abstracts contains abstracts only of U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present.

Specialized Databases

Many specialized article databases index dissertations and theses and may provide abstracts; not full-text. These include (not an exhaustive list):

• Communication & Mass Media Complete
• ERIC
• MLA International Bibliography
• PsycINFO

WorldCat

WorldCat is universal in subject scope and includes records for over 95 million items held in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. Search by keyword, author or title. Hint: Some authors publish their dissertations as books, potentially changing the original title.