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Columbia U. Art History and Archaeology and GSAPP Dissertations and Theses.
Stored in Classics (rare books) section of Avery Library. They are found in CLIO by author or title (no subject access). If you don't know the author or title, you can keyword search using the terms "Columbia AND Thesis AND Art History" to retrieve a complete list. There is at least a 2 year gap between the time they are turned in as completed and the time they are released to the library. Dissertations less than two years old may be available in dissertation office. Call to inquire: 854-2854. Abstracts (from 1980-1996) and full text (1990 to date) of our dissertations can be found within Proquest Digital Dissertations.

Index to Theses. (Author/title listing (1716-1985), abstracts (1970 to date) (Online)
Index of theses accepted for higher degrees by Universities in Great Britain and Ireland.
Butler Offsite R016.37842 In211 (Paper, 1716-1985)

Inventaire des Théses de Doctorat. (1893-1986)
Index to French dissertations. Arranged by broad subjects.
Butler Offsite R016.37844 F85

Jahresverzeichnis der Deutschen Hochschulschriften. (Online: 1891-1942-incomplete)
Paper: 1885-to date. Butler Offsite R016.37843 J1912
Index to German dissertations. Arranged by institution.

Proquest Digital Dissertations. (Online, indexed 1962-1979, abstracts (1980-1996), full text (1997 to date))
Index to all completed American dissertations. Access by author, subject. Titles from 1997 to date are available to download for free. Otherwise, request UMI dissertations from the Inter-Library Loan, or you can acquire them directly from UMI at full price. To order from UMI, call 1-800-521-0600.
Butler Z 5053 .X47 1973 (Paper, 1861-1972 as Comprehensive Dissertation Index)

Archaologischer Anzeiger. (1963 to date)
End of each year it lists current dissertations in archaeology from Germany and Austria. Arranged by author, gives dissertation title, institution or university and date of completion.
Avery AC D480105

Burt, Eugene. Ethnoart: Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; a Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations. (1988)
An example of a subject specific bibliography of dissertations.
Avery Fine Arts Reference N5313 AB95