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Advanced Research

In addition to doing a literature search for articles, graduate students should also be searching for their topic in the dissertation literature and also engage in citation analysis. Listed below are the two databases which all graduate students should consult when doing advanced and comprehensive research.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)
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Indexing and abstracts of Ph.D. dissertations from American universities. Current records include some dissertations from non-American universities and some masters theses. Two thirds of dissertations listed are available for purchase online. Free downloading for URI dissertations only. 1861-.
Scopus (Elsevier)
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Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize article and literature use. Includes journal articles, books, book series, conference papers, and more. Alternative to Web of Science. Indexes close to 35,000 titles.

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