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 Best Practices for Searching
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Most Reliable Tool for the Discovery and Dissemination of Theses & Dissertations

PQDT TEAM

For Graduate/Master Level Users Sept 9, 2021

Session Objectives

At the end of the session, you will be able to

• Understand the importance of the Dissertations & Theses
• Apply best search practices for locating content in 
      ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT)
• Identify useful reference reviews
 What is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global?

• Largest single extensive and

expanding global collection of PhD
Dissertations and Master’s Theses in
the world
• An important and valuable tool for the
university and the researcher in all
areas of scholarship
• Deep coverage and extensive
bibliographies uncover sources and
ideas that would otherwise be missed

http://www.proquest.com/libraries/academic/dissertations-theses/
Over 5 Million Total Works from 1637-Present

• More than 2.7 million full-text PDF works from 1743-present

• More than 200,000 works added each year

• The official off-site repository for dissertations for the U.S.

Library of Congress

• Most top-ranked research universities – as defined by the

Carnegie Foundation – publish with ProQuest

• Includes works by authors from more than 4,200 graduate

schools and universities from more than 100 countries

• Accessible by 4 million researchers from 3,100 subscribing

institutions around the world
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Across Disciplines
Area, Ethnic, and Gender Studies

Business

Communications and Information

Sciences

4% Fine and Performing Arts

2% 10%
10% 3%
1% 3% 1% 2% Architecture
0%
Education
2% History

Language and Literature

11% 4% Philosophy and Religion

Law and Legal Studies

Social Sciences
2%
Interdisciplinary

Agriculture
1% Behavioral Sciences
1%
Biological Sciences
8%
8% Ecosystem Sciences
3% 17%
6% Engineering

Environmental Sciences

Geosciences

Health and Medical Sciences

Total Dissertations/ Theses Subjectwise Mathematical and Physical Sciences

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Across Countries
Num. of Theses/
Country Dissertations
USA 2,858,904
United Kingdom 878,543
Peoples Republic of China 422,162
Canada 395,137
Germany 207,345
France 48,424
Sweden 40,165
India 38,137
Ireland 27,383
Switzerland 16,146
Spain 15,844
South Africa 13,751
Netherlands 13,103
Hong Kong 12,176
Finland 9,205
Australia 9,180
Portugal 5,854
Austria 5,095
Belgium 4,736
Poland 2,399
Israel 2,356
Norway 2,328
Saudi Arabia 2,281
Peru 2,212
Importance of Dissertations/Theses in academic research
Why Use Dissertations for Research?
Dissertations are scholarly, reviewed work resulting from comprehensive and
original research.

1 They test and present new trends and

4 ideas

They provide more coverage than journal articles — 225 page vs 10-12
2 pages for journal articles
5
They often provide the only research and literature on uncommon
topics
6
3

Dissertations include up-to-date literature reviews with extensive

bibliographies

They feature more extensive research data

New CODiE Recognised Dissertations Bootcamp
eLearning Companions
New: Free ProQuest Self-Directed eLearning Resources​
about.proquest.com/go/elearningmodules

• Dissertations Bootcamp eLearning Companions support graduate students to achieve the

key milestones in their dissertation or theses journey with a set of self-service learning
modules.

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3

Getting Started on Your theses or Dissertation – Efficient Discovery and Research Curation – Developing a Productive Writing Plan
Topic Selection and Dissertation Process Search tips and Research Tools

• How to select a topic
• What is the process for completing a
dissertation or theses?
LMS Compatible
• How do perform basic and advanced • Best practices for writing your
topic searches dissertation and theses
• Research curation tools to help build a • Overcoming common hurdles to writing
literature review
On Demand Availability Learning Design Best Practices Graduate Program Resource
ProQuest Gains CODiE Recognition for Dissertations Bootcamp

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• “Impressive (and unprecedented) support for grad students and
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• “Great resource for doctoral students. The opportunity to
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Specifically, the submission of the dissertation for publication
was detailed and similar to the requirements of most
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Online Demo: Best Search Practices for Library Users
Best Search Practices - Libguide
Sample Basic Search
Search Results with Multiple Filter Option
Advanced, Precision Searching Ⅰ
Advanced, Precision Searching Ⅱ

Advanced Indexing
Advanced Search Features – Look up Lists for Subjects, Author
Names, Universities/Institutions, Advisors
Document View
Cite Tool & Cited References
Documents with Shared References
Browse by Subject & Location
Innovative Multi-Media Content
EXAMPLE VIDEO FROM :
A facial model and animation techniques for animated speech
by King, Scott Alan, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2001,
275 pages; AAT 3021416

• Supplemental material is included, if it was part

of the documentation that has been submitted with
the dissertations/theses text - Enhances the scholarly record
• 10k+ works have multimedia files

• Supported formats: Audio, Code-Script, Data, Image, PDF, Presentation, Spreadsheet,

Text, Video (plus ‘Other’ and ‘Unknown’)
• Searchable with field SPTYPE

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Tools to Save, Track, Manage Searches/Alerts

InInMy
MyResearch,
Research,users
userscan
cansave
savedocuments,
documents,searches,
searches,alerts,
alerts,RSS
RSS
feeds
feedsand
andmore.
more.
Identify useful reference reviews
Identify Useful Reference Reviews
Dissertations are required to contain a
comprehensive bibliographic
information on the research topic –
used as a guiding light for subsequent
researchers who study the same topic

The Cited References are indexed

and searchable with specific fields

Works can be identified that cite

a specific article title…..
Identify Useful Reference Reviews
…… Or relevant Works that have rich and
useful bibliographies.
ProQuest Support Resources
Support Resources
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Let us help you market the use of your ProQuest Dissertations & Theses subscription to your campus
Support Resources
• LibGuide: http://proquest.libguides.com/PQDT
• Everything you need to know on the ProQuest Dissertations program:
https://www.proquest.com/products-services/dissertations/
• Online access: https://www.proquest.com/go/pqdtglobal
• Publishing:
https://www.proquest.com/products-services/dissertations/submit-a-dissertation.ht
ml
• Digital Archiving: https://www.proquest.com/go/daap
• ProQuest DAAP origins and purpose video: https://youtu.be/7jqLcKUkrVs

• Contact info (training@proquest.com for webinars)

Summary

After this session now you can

• Discover and manage relevant information to your research
• Align your research project/dissertation to global quality parameters
Include contact information