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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) is an online database that indexes, abstracts, and provides full-text access to dissertations and theses.
The database includes over 2.4 million records and covers 1637 to the present.
It is produced by ProQuest and was formerly known as ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
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NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations provides free online access to a over a million theses and dissertations from all over the world.
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