Covers 1861 to the present.  The database contains more than 1.6 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses primarily from the United Sates, Canada and selected international institutions.

 

New records are added monthly.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full-text offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe.

 

The database provides full-text online coverage of over 100, 000 dissertations from hundreds of institutions including all MA, MSc, & PhD theses written from 1997 onwards at the following Québec universities : McGill University, Concordia University, Université de Montréal, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, Université Laval.

 

From 1997 onwards, the first 24 pages of thesis text (and possibly the entire document) is provided online for all other institutions represented in the database. 

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. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 55,000 new citations are added to the database every year.

 

Some of the dissertations found in PQDD may be ordered through Interlibrary Loan or directly from UMI Dissertation Express. For UMI pricing, see Ordering. 

Dissertations are available in 2 formats full PDF and TIFF images.  Students who want tips n preparing digital dissertations and theses can go to UMI's Guidelines for Submitting Electronic These and Dissertations.