Dissertation Findings (in progress)

Links:
Proquest Digital Dissertations. [2005]. Proquest. 23 March 2005. <http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/>
A comprehensive, membership-based index of published theses and dissertations, with an excellent search tool. Related: Proquest's Current Research@ <http://wwwlib.umi.com/cresearch/main>, a gateway to dissertations, indexed by institution, with free downloads of all publications to members.

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. 11 March 2005. Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. 21 March 2005 <http://www.ndltd.org/>
The Browse/Search is limited by the OCLC harvest (only 47 institutions internationally) and many links are outdated; nonetheless a valuable source of electronic dissertation information.

ETD 2005: Evolution Through Discovery. 21 March 2005. University of New South Wales. 29 March 2005 <http://adt.caul.edu.au/etd2005/etd2005.html>
The website for the 8th international ETD symposium, to be held September 28-30, 2005, in Sydney, Australia.

Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. Electronic Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities. 13 June 1999. University of Virginia. 21 March 2005. <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ETD/ETD.html>
An early site devoted to ETDs from 1996-1999 (Kirschenbaum closed the site in 1999 as mentioned within its pages). Mentions many dissertations published on CD-ROM.

The Guide to Electonic Theses and Dissertations. 7 June 2002. UNESCO. 21 March 2005. <http://www.etdguide.org/>
The UNESCO guide features a long PDF in support of and with explanation of ETDs, as well as a list of exemplary ETDs published as recently as 2002.

Leslise Jarmon. 18 July 2003. National Communication Association. 21 March 2005. <http://www.natcom.org/research/Profiles/jarmon.htm>
About Leslie Jarmon, who published what is reported to be the first CD-ROM dissertation in 1996 at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dissertation.com. [none] BrownWalker Press and Universal Publishers. 23 March 2005. <http://www.dissertation.com>
A more commercial dissertation publishing site that provides links to abstracts and 25-page PDFs of its published works, as well as relatively low-cost ebook versions. Encourages authors to publish in order to accrue royalties.

ETD Samples. 26 July 2004. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 23 March 2005. <http://etd.vt.edu/guidelines/samples.html>
Sample ETDs from Virginia Tech, chosed for their exemplary use of technology. Several from humanities and social sciences fields.

The Electronic Dissertation/Thesis Planning Group Notes for the Organizational Meeting .14 October 2003. St. Louis University. 21 March 2005. <http://www.slu.edu/colleges/gr/candidacy/etd/slu_etd.htm>
Planning notes regarding ETDs; an evaluation of the history, costs and storage of ETDs, as well as many useful reference links.

• subject [AND NOT previously searched subjects] AND (KEY(internet) or AB(internet)) or (KEY(digital) or AB(digital)) or (KEY(technology) or AB(technology)) AND date(>=1999) and date(<=2005)
• abstract review to ensure relevance
  

Summary of results to date (updated 4 April 2005):

• 1,415 relevant and distinct abstracts found in 19 subjects from 1999-2005 (compound Proquest subjects, such as Language, have been combined into one set of findings); the remaining 19 subjects are in the review process
• citations and notable abstracts coming soon

Search Results to date (currently grouped by subject as the quantity of abstracts indexed by the database does not allow for efficient searching without this restriction):

• Subject: Philosophy
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 58
  
• Subject: Theology
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 17
  
• Subject: Art History
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 30
  
• Subject: Cinema
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 30
  
• Subject: Anthropology
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 86
  
• Subject: Speech Communications
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 85
  
• Subject: Language/Lingustics
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 98
  
• Subject: Music
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 62
  
• Subject: Architecture
  Relevant Dissertations/Theses: 63
  
• Subject: Dance
  Relevant Dissertations: 6
  
• Subject: Design and Decorative Arts
  Relevant Dissertations: 32
  
• Subject: Fine Arts
  Relevant Dissertations: 33
  
• Subject: Theater
  Relevant Dissertations: 8
  
• Subject: Landscape Architecture
  Relevant Dissertations: 7
  
• Subject: Library Science
  Relevant Dissertations: 130
  
• Subject: Information Science
  Relevant Dissertations: 528
  
• Subject: Journalism
  Relevant Dissertations: 68
  
• Subject: Literature
  Relevant Dissertations: 51
  
• Subject: American Studies
  Relevant Dissertations: 23