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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:14:39 -0000
From: "Campbell, Tony" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: How can I find doctorates?
Sender: "Campbell, Tony" <[log in to unmask]>




I am seeking information about recent doctorates in the History of
Cartography, to be included in the 'Chronicle' section of Imago Mundi: the
International Journal for the History of Cartography.

This information is also added to the relevant page on the Map History site
<http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/phd.html>.

That 'Doctorates' page is preceded by the following note:-

"Some of the information was obtained from ProQuest Digital Dissertations,
which gives access to UMI's
Dissertation Abstracts database (apparently restricted to US and Canada).
Another site which offers the possibility of searching
across a number of sites simultaneously is the ETD Digital Library: the
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
(NDLTD) {though I confess I have not yet worked out how to use that yet!}.

For UK doctorates, see the Institute of Historical Research's Theses
Completed and in Progress, and Index to Theses (from
1970 onwards). Information on doctorates beyond North America and the UK is
hard to find."  [please see the page itself for the URLs].

Can anybody tell me of other finding aids?  The problem seems to be that
many of the doctorates I *do* know about do not appear where you would
expect to find them, or only after considerable delay.  And there remains
the major problem of doctorates awarded elsewhere than North America and the
UK.

Thank you.

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