Well, here in Brazil is not that simple to obtain a Thesis!
There is a database, but to get in touch with the library and
receive a copy is not always simple.
I imagine if i had to get a thesis from Colombia or Venezuela...
for us Brazilians, it might me almost impossible.

Fabio Wiggers

 --- Thomas E Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]> escreveu: > Just a
note on the availability of dissertations, I have been
> able to obtain
> a couple I needed for research on the Neritidae through UMI.
> This company
> has just about every doctoral dissertation published in North
> America since
> 1861 (their claim).  The expense is not too bad and it is the
> only way I
> know to get such products - unless like Andrew you know the
> individual
> involved.  Of course, it is then up to the reader to determine
> the worth of
> the product - but I have found that to also be true of
> scientific papers.
>
> Tom E.

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