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At Benedictine:
To see a list of all theses and dissertations completed
at Benedictine:
- On the library home page, look for the "Find Books:"
section and to the Quick Catalog Search box. Enter "Benedictine
University Dissertations" in the first box and select
"Subject Heading" from the drop-down box next
to it. Click "Search."
- On the page that displays, click on the entry that says
"Benedictine University Dissertations."
- The subsequent page will display a list of all of the
dissertations done at Benedictine. To sort the list, click
on the "Sort by" box on the left hand side of
the screen. You can sort by Title, Author, Oldest First
or Newest First.
To search for all theses and dissertations done at Benedictine
on a particular subject:
- On the library home page, look for the "Find Books:"
section and click on "At Benedictine University."
- Click the "Guided Keyword Search" tab.
- In the top row: enter "Benedictine University Dissertations"
in the first box | pick "all of these words"
in the 2nd box | pick "Subject Words" in the
3rd box.
- In the second row: enter words describing your topic
in the first box | pick "all of these words"
in the 2nd box | pick "Subject Words" in the
3rd box.
- Click "Search."
- You should see a list of all dissertations done at Benedictine
on your topic.
You can also search and download the full text of Doctoral
dissertations (not Masters theses) done at Benedictine through
ProQuest
Digital Dissertations (see below). To limit your
search to those done at Benedictine, type "Benedictine
University" in the first box of the first row and select
"School (SC)" in the 2nd box of the first row,
then click "Search." You can also enter additional
search criteria (such as author or keyword) in the other
rows below.
Elsewhere:
- Use ProQuest
Digital Dissertations to search for theses
and dissertations completed worldwide. Full text of theses
and dissertations is available for download from 1997
onwards.
- If the title you want is not available in full text
in ProQuest Digital Dissertations, check WorldCat
to see if it is available in a library for interlibrary
loan.
- If the title you want is not available on interlibrary
loan, the library can order a copy of the dissertation
for you from UMI Dissertation Publishing.
- The charge is $28.00 and the dissertation is yours
to keep.
- Please read the abstract of the dissertation
in Proquest Digital Dissertations carefully to make
sure the topic is applicable to your research.
Once ordered, dissertations ordered through UMI are
nonreturnable and nonrefundable.
- You will be required to fill out a purchase agreement
(available at the Reference Desk or Circulation Desk
in the library) before you can place an order.
If you experience problems with searching for theses or
dissertations, please contact the Reference Desk for assistance
at (630) 829-6057 or e-mail libref@ben.edu.
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