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If your library is a current subscriber and you are logged onto the library's network, you can search and instantly download almost 11,000 abstracts, dissertations, and theses. If the document you request is not yet available in PDF, we will convert it to PDF and email it to you within 24 hours.

If your library is not a current subscriber or you are not logged onto the library's network, you may search and then order dissertations and theses in PDF format by clicking "Order This Title" in your search results. The cost will be 20 cents/page, payable by check, credit card or money order after you receive the document.

Search Tips

1. Default search is One or More Words. If you want to Search a Phrase activate that button.
2. Clicking on Search One or More Words returns matches for each word entered - a search for "heart rate" will return results that contain the words "heart" and "rate."
3. Clicking on Search a Phrase returns results for the phrase entered - a search for "heart rate" will return results that contain the phrase "heart rate."
4. For Authors you can search by last name under the Search One or More Words search; OR you can use last name, first name under Search a Phrase.
5. If you search by All, School or Catalogue ID, use Search a Phrase.
6. If a requested result has a PDF version, you can print or download the PDF or print the abstract
7. If a requested result does not have a PDF version, you can request a PDF version of the product be converted to PDF. It will be converted within 24-hours.