Dissertations Database
- Dissertations and Theses Global (ProQuest)Indexes virtually all doctoral dissertations and many masters theses produced in the U.S. since 1861. Dissertations from other countries date back to 1637. Abstracts available from 1980. Full text for dissertations being added continually. Most since 1997 are full text, though some authors choose to not make their work available. Print and microfilm copies are offered for a fee, but check out Interlibrary Loan before paying for a copy.
WMU Dissertations & Theses
WMU doctoral dissertations are all available, full-text, in the Dissertations & Theses database.
If you run a search in the Libraries' ADVANCED SEARCH, you may also find print copies of both WMU master's and doctoral dissertations that are available for checkout.
Try the following search:
1st box type history
2nd box type "western michigan university"
3rd box type thesis
Should you find a dissertation that is NOT full-text in the database, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan. About half of the colleges and universities in the U.S. will lend their theses, so you have a fifty-fifty chance of getting it.
