Databases covering dissertation/theses information and abstracts produced by University Microfilms (UMI), who can also supply copies of many of dissertations. Covers (all) United States dissertations, some Canadian, and (from 1988) some British and European dissertations.
Information on UMI, online ordering and a subset of the abstracts available on WWW (free searching of full text of last three months data, title/author searching of whole database (no abstracts searched/retrieved) and limited to 40 hits).
Searchable online via Dialog (file 35) and other online subscription services. Available on CDROM (from UMI). Also available in print.