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GED-800 Dissertation Seminar

Advanced Research for the Dissertation
Access Centenary Students' Dissertations!
Since Spring 2019 Centenary's Ed.D. graduates have published their dissertations through ProQuest. Students, faculty, and staff can access their dissertations via a special database:
These dissertations will now become part of the broader scholarly conversation around education - they will be accessible to researchers whose institutions subscribe to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

Finding Dissertations & Theses in Library Databases

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

  • Includes over 3 million full text dissertations and theses

Education Database (ProQuest)

  • Includes 18,000 full text dissertations and theses
  • Limit your search results to dissertations and theses - on the Advanced Search screen, look for the Source Type field, and select "Dissertations & Theses."

ProQuest Central

  • Includes over 320,000 full text dissertations
  • Use the Advanced Search screen, and look for the Source Type field. Select "Dissertations & Theses." You can also browse dissertations/theses by subject or location.

ERIC via EBSCO

  • Limit your search results to dissertations and theses - on the Advanced Search screen, look for the Publication Type field, and select one:
    • "Dissertations & Theses (All)"
    • "Dissertations & Theses - Doctoral Dissertations"
    • "Dissertations & Theses- Masters Theses"
  • ERIC offers some full text dissertations and theses, but many results may not have full text readily available. Click a title to look at the individual record for a given dissertation/thesis and there will often be a link to a ProQuest preview (and occasionally full text). This will give you the abstract and table of contents as well as the first chapter. Use this preview to determine whether you want to pursue full access to the dissertation. If so, try searching Google for the dissertation title, surrounded by quotation marks. Many institutions now offer access via an institutional repository like DSpace, or an author might opt to post a copy online. If the dissertation is not available freely online, submit an Interlibrary Loan request, and we will try to get a copy for you.