{"id":3184,"date":"2013-11-15T15:28:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2013-11-15T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:28:57","slug":"purdue-university-libraries-database-of-the-week-dissertations-theses-from-proquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/15\/purdue-university-libraries-database-of-the-week-dissertations-theses-from-proquest\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue University Libraries Database of the Week: Dissertations & Theses, from Proquest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to Database of the Week.\u00a0 This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know, with only basic information to get you started.\u00a0 Hopefully, you will be tempted to explore this or other databases..\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Featured Database:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Dissertations & Theses, <\/span><\/i>from Proquest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find it:<\/span><\/b>www.lib.purdue.edu\/parrish<\/span><\/a>, Under the column headed Collections<\/i>, click on List of Business Databases. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Description\/focus:<\/span><\/b> Dissertations & Theses <\/i>\u00a0provides access to these works from graduate schools around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Try it: <\/span><\/b>\u00a0Dissertations & Theses<\/i>\u00a0is another Proquest database, with the same interface available in their other products. In addition to author, title, and subject, you can search for the degree, department, or advisor. See here<\/a> for a short video on accessing the database and using the interface and filters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why you should know this database: <\/span><\/b>The Dissertations & Theses<\/i> database covers colleges & universities from around the world and makes them available for immediate download to the denizens of Purdue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why you should know this database:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Students can easily include dissertations and theses as they research topics for a research paper or for their own graduate research. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tags<\/span><\/b>: full text, Proquest<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost:<\/span><\/b> For annual subscription information, contact <\/span>Mary Dugan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact <\/span>parrlib@purdue.edu<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Database of the Week is archived\u00a0 at <\/span>https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/category\/MGMT\/<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (<\/span><\/span>@PurdueLibraries<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Feedback is always welcome.\u00a0 If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to <\/span>mdugan@purdue.edu<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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