Including dissertations and theses in ProQuest means amplifying your research by making it available in a unified repository. By including your works in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, they can be studied in the context of generations of historical and ongoing scholarship.
Having my research published through ProQuest allows others to cite my work in their research and opens the door to other studies that will make future changes.
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Disseminating graduate works since 1939, and is the largest editorially curated repository of dissertations and theses.
A multi-disciplinary collection of over 6 million citations and 4 million full text works.
The database increases in size by 250,000 works each year.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is used by over 4 million researchers at 3,100+ institutions around the world.
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Be a part of the global research community — Increase your profile and career opportunities within your discipline and in multidisciplinary fields of study by ensuring your works are part of the conversation.
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CASE STUDY
Lancaster University is ranked as one of the United Kingdom’s top institutions with a campus in Lancaster, UK, Ghana, Beijing, and Leipzig, Germany. It was named International University of the Year for 2020 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
Read Case StudySave time and build efficiency into your dissertation approval process through the web-based application, ETD Administrator at no cost. Configurable to each institution’s workflow needs, it provides an online submission, review, and approval process for electronic theses and dissertations. This tool is freely available to any institution to use.
For institutions with an existing electronic submission process, we offer Automated Retrieval of Content (ARC) at no cost. It is a simple, harvesting process that collects, archives, and preserves the university’s dissertations and theses.
When you become a content contributor to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global you receive complimentary access to the ETD Dashboard. The ETD Dashboard provides a visual summary of your institution’s theses and dissertation usage so you can measure and validate the success and impact of opening your research to the world.
Case Study
Loyola University Chicago offers a number of Ph.D. and masters programs, both at graduate school and through professional graduate programs. Jessica Horowitz of Loyola University shares her views on the importance of visibility of published works for both the student and the university and the benefits of working with ProQuest.
Download Case StudyWe are seeing genuine evidence of the increased use and impact on scholarly thinking of theses that we have been able to make available through ProQuest.
Fiona Greig, former Head of Strategy and E-resources, University of Surrey
Dissertations and theses offer untapped research where users can discover emerging topics, enhance literature reviews, broaden perspectives, and access insights for more successful research. With 6.2M+ metadata records (3.9 million full text) spanning across the world, researchers can gain a global view of the research landscape within a unified search experience not available anywhere else.
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