Pathfinder: 4316 (36)    Created: LTM  2002-08-23   
    Modified:LTM  2006-05-15
Dissertations and Theses: selected resources - a pathfinder on academic writing and research resources for the health science professional. Includes how to locate dissertations for research.

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Dissertations and Theses: selected resources - a pathfinder on academic writing and research resources for the health science professional. Includes how to locate dissertations for research.
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Dissertations & Theses

Selected Resources

Rudolph Matas Medical Library,
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
 
Current Research @ Tulane University (Restrictied Access: Tulane EZproxy link) Access limited to selected IP addresses/network

Tulane dissertations are available to Tulane students and faculty on the campus network via a service from ProQuest/University Microfilms International called Current Research @ which provides a digital library of the dissertations from Tulane submitted to UMI since 1997. These are full-text copies in .pdf format, similar in print quality to paper copies available from UMI and often better quality than the microform versions. The Current Research@Tulane database contains the early abstracts and indexing for Tulane dissertations that are included in the broader Dissertation Abstracts database.   http://ezproxy.tis.tulane.edu:2048/login?url=http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/tulane/main/   

Dissertation Abstracts & Digital Dissertations (Restrictied Access: Tulane EZproxy link)(Dissertations) Access limited to selected IP addresses/network

Dissertations are indexed and abstracted on all academic topics accepted at accredited institutions since 1861. * Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations including dissertations from Canada, Great Britain, and Europe.   http://ezproxy.tis.tulane.edu:2048/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTNiMGYmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=17933   

Dissertation Availability Information.

Non-Tulane dissertations and theses are difficult to obtain from the libraries of granting institutions since many universities keep only a non-circulating archival copy. The Medical Library Interlibrary Loan Department may sometimes be able to obtain loans from libraries that hold circulating copies on behalf of Tulane University Health Science faculty, students and staff.

If we are unable to obtain a loan copy of a doctoral dissertation, the following information may be of help in obtaining the documents you require:

  • U.S. Dissertations
    Check the Dissertation Abstracts database in ProQuest. Students, faculty, staff and researchers can now order their own unbound copies of dissertations and theses with express delivery from over one million titles available from UMI (a commercial supplier of U.S. dissertations).

    Copies of dissertations are available for purchase from UMI Dissertation Express. Identify dissertations by entering the UMI order number (Accession No. - enter the last seven characters of the accession number -- Example: for citation DA9412718, you should enter "9412718") from Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest).

  • Foreign Dissertations
    Requests for dissertations from foreign countries may be submitted to the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) by CRL member libraries, such as Tulane University. Records for foreign dissertations titles (comprehensive collection) are not available in the CRL catalog. Search the CRL Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database, but remember that CRL has a large number of uncataloged foreign doctoral dissertations. CRL will try to purchase an unowned dissertation on request of a member library for its own collection and then loan the item. This process takes at least three months or longer.

Tulane University Health Science faculty, students and staff should contact the Medical Library's ILL Office for assistance.

Intelletual Property
While you are welcome to read and take notes from Tulane theses and dissertations, you may not photocopy from Tulane theses and dissertations without the written permission of the author. However, copies of dissertations are available for purchase through UMI.
Tulane Special Collections - theses and dissertations  (http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/theses.htm)

University Archives preserves the official copies of Tulane's senior honors theses, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations (Jones Hall, Uptown Campus).

TULAnet Voyager  (http://voyager.tcs.tulane.edu/)
Tulane theses and dissertations are cataloged. Therefore, you may search for them in the library's Local Catalog, TULAnet Voyager. Only an incomplete set is preserved for the schools of Public Health and Social Work.
E-Books (Access may be limited to selected IP addresses - Tulane Users with problems should contact the library for assistance.)
Beyond the paths of heaven  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=193654)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English and American Studies in German.  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=278113)
Supplement to Anglia. Includes index.
English and American Studies in German.  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=278112)
Supplement to Anglia. Includes index.
Revising your dissertation  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=118671)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.
Surviving your thesis  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=103051)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=197286)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.
The student's guide to preparing dissertations and theses  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=103043)
This ed. originally published: London: Kogan Page, 2003.
How to manage your postgraduate course  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=197548)
Includes index.
Guide de présentation d'un travail de recherche  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=238119)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [viii]-ix) and index.
Succeeding with your master's dissertation  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=234324)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-262) and index.
A practical guide to the qualitative dissertation  (http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=203543)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.
Other internet sites
HSLS: Recent Dissertations in the Medical Humanities   (http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/guides/histmed/researchresources/dissertations/)
A guide provided by Health Sciences Library System at the University of Pittsburgh as a monthly current awareness service. Selected, recent dissertations and theses in the history of medicine and health care are listed according to topic and the month of their discovery in Dissertation Abstracts.
Writing - Selected Print Resources
There are a number of print manuals and guides to assist the health science writer. A few selected titles are listed.
Essentials of writing biomedical research papers / Mimi Zeiger.
  WZ 345 Z46e.2 2000
  MEDICAL LIBRARY - Ready Reference
 
Proposal writing / Soraya M. Coley, Cynthia A. Scheinberg.
  WZ 345 C548.2 2000
  MEDICAL LIBRARY - Book Stacks
 
Publishing and presenting clinical research / Warren S. Browner.
  WZ 345 B884p 1999
  MEDICAL LIBRARY - Books Stacks
 
Research in medicine : planning a project - writing a thesis / George Murrell, Christopher Huang, Harold Ellis.
  W 20 M984r.2 1999
  MEDICAL LIBRARY - Books Stacks
NLM Gateway Search  (http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd)
Search for Writing or "Academic Dissertations [Publication Type]".
TULAnet Voyager  (http://voyager.tcs.tulane.edu/)
Tulane theses and dissertations are cataloged. Therefore, you may search for them in the library's Local Catalog, TULAnet Voyager. Only an incomplete set is preserved for the schools of Public Health and Social Work.
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