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Web of Science: a Multidisciplinary Citation Database: Dissertations Citation Index

Dissertations & Theses Citation Index

The Dissertations & Theses Citation Index is the world's largest database for searching dissertations and theses.  The database is built on the ProQuest database to which the James White Library subscribes.  It's an alternative way to searching it from within Web of Science. It has links to full text on ProQuest, and includes tools for analyzing and visualizing results by publication years, geographic location, institution, dissertation type.  To access the database, on the Document on the main search page; use the drop-down arrow  to select "ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis Citation Index" from the drop-down menu. Select Topic from the search field option; type your keywords in the search box and click Search.