ProQuest is the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress. The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database product contains over 2.1 million dissertations and theses available for purchase.
Important to know: Dissertations and theses are currently the only documents available for purchase in ProQuest.
How you know when a dissertation or thesis is available for purchase
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If a dissertation or thesis in your results list is available for you to buy, a shopping-cart icon displays alongside icons indicating what formats the document is available in for viewing.
Important to know: Librarians or other administrators can customize the text label that accompanies the icon. Order a copy is the default label.
When you click the icon to order a copy of a dissertation or thesis, you go to a ProQuest online store that includes a shopping cart. While in the store, a Back to ProQuest link is available at the top of store pages.
Once you’ve clicked an Order a copy link, a Shopping cart link remains visible at the top of ProQuest pages for the duration of your session.
A separate email with the PDF document link will be emailed to you within 24 hours of your purchase. The link will remain active for 72 hours.
Note that for each distributed copy of a graduate work, an additional PDF must be purchased.
Available in 6”x9”, features blue hard cover with the title in white lettering on spine. Interior is printed on acid-free archival quality paper, 20 lb. weight. Ideal for library circulating collections and archives. Expect delivery within 3 weeks for orders within the U.S.
Available in 6”x9”, features blue soft cover with heavy-weight end-sheets; title on white label. Interior is printed on acid-free archival quality paper, 20 lb. weight. Even with soft binding, it’s still manufactured for long-term use. Expect delivery within 3 weeks for orders within the U.S.
These shrink-wrapped sets of loose 8½”x11” pages (convenient for note taking), on 20 lb. weight paper, are the quickest way to obtain a printed dissertation or thesis. Delivered either to a participating library for pickup, or direct to you. Fast, affordable, and yours to keep—an alternative to inter-library loan. U.S. delivery is approximately 3–5 business days to libraries after ordering (may take 1–2 additional days to process if title is pre-1997), and 5–7 business days to individuals.
We offer 35mm in archival quality silver-gelatin film, and the same for fiche, with the polarity at positive (versus negative) for retail customers. Expect delivery within 3 weeks for orders within the U.S.
Open access is a term used to describe content that a reader can access free of charge. With the UMI ® Open Access Publishing service, graduate students can publish their dissertations and theses with ProQuest on an open access basis.
If a dissertation or thesis is published as open access, everyone can access the 24 Page Preview and Full Text - PDF for the dissertation - even if their institution does not have a full text ProQuest Dissertations and Theses subscription.