ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) - Full Text
PQDT is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
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. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637. Where available, PQDT — Full Text provides 24-page previews of dissertations and theses.
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Every item in the library catalog (book, video, journal/magazine title...) is represented by a catalog “record.”
The catalog record:
* Describes the item, i.e. provides the information needed for a citation
* Provides the information necessary to locate the material in the library
* Includes links to related material (Subject Headings)
Library Catalog BOOK record
Selected SUBJECT HEADINGS pertaining to this course:
China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
Entrepreneurship -- Political aspects -- China.
Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 1981-
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1981-
Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Egypt -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
India -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
India -- Politics and government.