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Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The University of Cincinnati ETD Center offers the following definition of ETDs:

"An electronic thesis or dissertation (ETD) is an electronic version of your thesis or dissertation. In general, it is the same product as a paper thesis or dissertation, simply in electronic form. The ETD provides a technologically advanced medium for expressing your ideas." Learn more about ETDs on the UC ETD site.

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Dissertations & Theses (UC Electronic)
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Access to a body of well over 8,000 University of Cincinnati electronic dissertations and theses, this is the best link to the broadest collection of electronic UC dissertations. The time period covers mainly from 1955 to the present. To acquire the dissertations electronically, users request the full text from UMI (ProQuest) and are sent a link and a password to access the dissertation. Dissertations from 1997 forward are available in the OhioLINK ETD at ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)

Coverage: 1955 - present

ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (OhioLINK) is a free online database of masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from graduate students in participating Ohio colleges and universities. The OhioLINK ETD database provides access by author, school, department and keywords.

Coverage: 2000-

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Dissertations & Theses

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With more than 2 million entries, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts written by the author. This database includes full-text to over 800,000 dissertations from 1997 forward. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Coverage: 1861 - present

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ETD Center and Help Desk

The University of Cincinnati ETD Center is a Web site, which contains information pertinent to ETD creation, such as UC ETD statistics, instructions for submission, links to relevant Web sites, etc.

ETD Service

Location:	110 Van Wormer Hall University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221
E-mail:	etd@uc.edu
Phone:	513- 556-1496
Fax:	513-556-4346
Hours:	Hours vary by day and are increased before submission deadlines. Please refer to ETD calendar at the ETD Center Home page.