Dissertations and theses are a powerful, untapped resource. Often, graduate research remains unpublished in books and journals, leaving these scholarly works and critical insights undiscovered. With over 6 million metadata records including 4 million full text documents, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world leader in providing access to dissertation and thesis research. With records from North America, Europe, Asia, to Africa and beyond, researchers can obtain a global view of the research landscape within a unified, enriched search experience not available anywhere else.
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