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Digital Dissertations link removed, LSUHSC's online connection to the Dissertation Abstracts database, is available via Proquest. Located from the Library's home page, under Additional search systems & databases link removed.

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    • Works by LSUHSC graduates are available full-text in PDF format beginning in 1997. All other titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available. Abstracts (150-words) for master's theses are available from 1988 forward, and author abstracts (350-words) for dissertations are available from 1980 forward. Desired titles may be purchased directly from UMI via the database; however, the Library's interlibrary loan link removed borrowing service may be a less expensive option.

    -- Kathy Kerdolff link removed