ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) By Lale Yurtsever Area Sales Manager, Turkey
What is PQDT The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. Dunyadaki en kapsamli Tezler kolleksiyonudur The only database of its kind. Kendi turunde tek olan bir veritabinidir It is the database of record for graduate research. Mezuniyet arastirmalarinin kayit edildigi veritabanidir 70% of the world s leading universities (Times Higher list) subscribe to PQDT. Dunyanin onde gelen universitelerinin (Times Higher List) %70 i PQDT ye abonedir Almost every conceivable subject is covered. Hemen hemen akla gelen butun konulari icermektedir
Content Over 2.3 million citations for doctoral dissertations and master theses. 2.3 milyondan fazla doktora ve mastir tezleri icin alinti bulunmaktadir Of those 2.3 million, we have 1.9 million in full text in our microfilm vault. 2.3 milyon tez icerisinde 1.9 milyon tam metin tez Mikrofilm olarak mevcuttur Of those 1.9 million, we have >1,000,000 available in PDF format. 1.9 milyon tam metin tezin 1milyondan fazlasi PDF formatinda mevcuttur Every week more than 1,000 dissertations are added, which equates to > 60,000 dissertations a year Her hafta binlerce yeni tezi bunyesine eklemekte ve buda yilda 60.000 den fazla teze denk gelmektedir
Content Over 700 institutions around the world actively publish with UMI dissertation Publishing. Dunyada 700 den fazla kurum tezlerini aktif olarak UMI tarafindan yayinlamaktadir 95% of accredited PhD granting institutions in the US and Canada publish through UMI. US ve Canada da PhD veren kurumlarin %95 I doktora tezlerini UMI tarafindan yayinlamaktadir ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis contains contributions from over 1,700 graduate schools and programmes from around the world. ProQuest Dissertation & Thesis dunya genelinde 1700 den fazla universite kaynak saglamaktadir. Coverage from as far back as 1637 (a dissertations from the Netherlands) right up to dissertations from last academic term/semester. Tarih araligi en eski 1637 (Hollanda dan gelen bir tez) olup en son akademik somestire kadar gelmektedir.
New: Supplemental Files As of this year, we are able to offer downloads of supplemental media files. Bu yildan itibaren tamamlayici medya dosyalarinida indirebilmenizi sagliyoruz Including video, audio, code script, data, image, PDF, presentation, spreadsheet and text Includes all files under 10 GB that have ever been submitted with dissertations and theses. (~1,750 works in PQDT have multimedia files at this moment) Enhances the scholarly record and ensures graduate schools and students future access to this valuable research Available at no extra charge to existing ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis Full Text customers EXAMPLE VIDEO FROM : A facial model and animation techniques for animated speech by King, Scott Alan, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001,
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To come later this year From third quarter we will offer full-text searching for all new works in ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis We will include all diciplines, cover to cover, and even foreign language works (published in Roman alphabets) From third quarter we will also offer Reference Linking Reference Links quoted in the work will be active Broadens learning by providing support references that offer explanations, definitions, and contextual material
Summary The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. Over 2.3 million dissertations from over 1,700 graduate schools or programmes. 24 page previews of graduate works. 1,000,000 available in downloadable PDF format. Over 1,000 dissertations and theses added each week. Easily integrated with library federated search tools and Open URL. Offer downloads of supplemental media files.
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