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United States	Find complete citations for theses using ProQuest Digital Dissertations Determine if the thesis can be borrowed from another institution or if it must be purchased from Dissertations Express. Theses available for purchase from Dissertations Express or other providers may not be requested through Interlibrary Borrowing. Other options: ABI/Inform Global contains the full-text of over 10,000 dissertations in business and management; select the "dissertations" tab from the search results screen. Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) OAIster - a collection of free academically-oriented digital resources A number of universities have their own theses available for free online: North Carolina State University OhioLINK University of Florida University of Virginia
World	Find using: a country's national library catalog: National Library Catalogues Worldwide Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) - mostly US, but some world OAIster - a collection of free academically-oriented digital resources Multidisciplinary Theses Server - mostly French, but some world Cybertheses - French language theses (including Canadian, African, etc.)
Australia	Find using: Australian Digital Thesis Project
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Canada	Find using: Thesis Canada Portal - catalog for all the Canadian theses in collection and has free online full-text electronic theses covering the period from 1998 to 2002; others can be purchased ProQuest Digital Dissertations Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) - online theses from around the world
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Germany	Find using: dissonline.de: Digitale Dissertationen im Internet