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Dissertations & Theses
Alliant Library http://library.alliant.edu
ProQuest’s Full Text Dissertation & Theses provides access to citations and abstracts for dissertation
research in the United States, Canada and some foreign countries. Please be aware that it is not
mandatory to send Master’s theses to ProQuest so only a limit number may be available in this
database. Most titles published since 1997 have 24 page previews and full-text PDF. For pre-1997
dissertations, you can order a copy from ProQuest or contact your interlibrary loan department.
Access: Alliant students, faculty and staff (on or off campus):
From the Alliant Library home page click on Research Databases, then ProQuest Dissertations &
Theses Full text. If accessing off campus you will be prompted for your user name (full name) and 14-
digit library barcode printed on the front of your student identification (ID) card. Pop-ups will need to be
enabled to use any of the databases. If you have problems accessing the database check the FAQ
pages first, and then call your home library.
NOTE: Full text files require Adobe Acrobat Reader. This may be downloaded at
http://www.adobe.com.
Search options:
• Basic -- Enter term or terms and click on SEARCH.
More Search Options -- If you click on the “More Search Options” you will see
additional ways to search. This includes searching by title, author, school, & subject.
• Advanced -- Click on the “Advanced” tab at the top of the screen to do a Boolean search
(using AND, OR, AND NOT, WITHIN 3 or PRE/1). Each search term can be limited to a
particular field including citation & abstract, abstract, author, advisor, degree, document
title, or index terms (key words). Advanced Search also has a More Search Options
feature and allows Boolean searching within certain fields.
Limiting your search:
Searches can be limited by date range, full text only, and/or doctoral dissertations only.
Browsing:
Basic Search – if you select the “More Search Options” you can browse the database by authors,
schools and subjects. Click on the “browse [area]”. A second window will open. Type in the
author, school or subject and click on “find term”. From the list select the term and click on “add
to search”. Your search term will be inserted into appropriate field.
Advanced Search – Under the “More Search Options” advanced search adds the options of
browsing by advisor or key words along with school and subject.
Institution Search (to limit to all material submitted from a particular school)
Basic--Type your search term. Select “More Search Options” and type the name of the school
(example: Alliant International University).
Advanced—Type search term in first search box and select field to search (default is citation and
abstract). In the second search box to the right of AND type the school’s name (example: united
states international university) or a keyword from the name. Select “School name/code” from the
pull-down menu.
Note: Both the HELP and Search Tips links have useful information and instructions on searching,
truncation & wild cards, Boolean operator’s, stop words,
Truncation and Wildcard Characters
The symbol * (asterisk) is used as a right-handed truncation character only. It will find all forms of
a word. For example, searching for econom* will find “economy”, “economics”, “economical”, etc.
The symbol ? (question mark) is used to replace any single character, either inside the word or
the right end of the word. ? cannot be used to begin a word. For example, searching for "wom?n"
will find "woman" and "women." Searching for "t?re" will find "tire", "tyre", "tore", etc.
Operators:
Boolean, proximity and adjacency operators are used to broaden and narrow your search.
Viewing Results:
Under Results you will see the number of items retrieved. The brief citation shows the title,
author, degree, university, year, number of pages, and UMI order number. Under that are the viewing
options of “abstract”, “24 page preview” (if available), “Page image-PDF” (if available), and “Order a
copy”.
Save the Selected Results:
Mark— To mark items for email (not recommended, see note under Email), cite, or export click
on the box to the left of the title.
Email—WARNING: If you try sending a list of citation with full-text using the HTML or Plain text
method you will just get a link to the full-text record that may or may not work. It is recommended
that you select “Full Text PDF” for each dissertation. Wait until the PDF file completely
downloads and then save to the hard drive. Once download is complete open your email account
and attach document to a new message. Because of the size of the PDF files it is recommended
that you only attach one file per message.
Cite— Create a bibliography of your citations. Format is either citation only or citation and
abstract. Pick your “Citation style”. Select whether to email, print or download your list. If you
pick email you will need to select HTML or Plain text.
Export—Export or download citations directly into Procite, Endnote, Reference Manager, or
RefWorks [if you have this software on your own computer.]
Print—Make sure you select the printer icon on the PDF toolbar not the printer icon on the
browser toolbar when printing PDF documents.
School Codes (SC)
Alliant International University, Fresno -- 1435
Alliant International University, Los Angeles -- 1436
Alliant International University, San Diego – 1389 [includes Irvine dissertations since 2001]
Alliant International University, San Francisco Bay – 1434
California School of Professional Psychology - Berkeley/Alameda -- 0039
California School of Professional Psychology - Fresno -- 0444
California School of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles -- 0068
California School of Professional Psychology - San Diego -- 0379
California School of Professional Psychology - San Francisco -- 1047
United States International University –0239 [includes Irvine dissertations before 2001]
PLEASE ASK! We are here to help you in your research. 9/9/2009 wl/md/hjp
