Political Science — Dissertations & Theses

Database of African Theses & Dissertations: DATAD "For many reasons, African research results are rarely indexed in major international databases, a problem that is further exacerbated by the inaccessibility of theses and dissertations completed in the region, many of which contain local empirical data that is not available in international literature." Currently contains citations and abstracts from ten leading universities, with more planned, in all subject areas.
Dialnet Over 1.2 million documents, articles, dissertations, etc., including many full-text, from academic research centers as well as contemporary scholarly journals published in Spain and Latin America.
Dissertations -- Foreign (CRL) Thousands of foreign doctoral dissertations available through the Center for Research Libraries. If author is not found, read the introductory note to take further action.
Japan Knowledge A full-text interdisciplinary database which includes current news, and an archive of news and video recordings (1908-2005); dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan; sound and music libraries; full-text books and chronologies; dictionaries of language, biography, scientific terms, etc.; encyclopedias (e.g., the 30 vol. Nihon daihyakka zensho (Nipponica)); and more.
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text Through this resource, you may access all available dissertations (full-text PDF files) from institutions in the US and some other countries. Includes citations for dissertations ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Full-text online dissertations from some universities date as far back as the early 20th century; others are more recent. It is not possible to predict which dissertations are available and which are not. Some universities have digitized their dissertations and made these available for free to all. Some are subscription based. And finally, some departments, schools, and individuals do not allow free access to their dissertations and these are only available through payment or Interlibrary Loan. (In these cases, it is still usually possible to see in this database an abstract and, sometimes, a limited page preview.)

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Lucy E. Lyons
Collection Analysis, Journalism, and Political Science
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 491-2229, fax 467-7899
l-lyons@northwestern.edu
Office Location: Room 2623, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library

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Updated: 02/06/08