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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My NDLTD Board colleague John Hagen from the U. of West Virginia created a nice summary of where to search and discover openly accessible full-text electronic
theses and dissertations (ETDs) found in institutional repositories. Based on OAI-PMH record harvesting from institutional repositories, the YSM electronic theses for all YSM graduates since 2006 are also represented in these searches, as well as selectively
(voluntarily) by students since 2002. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">The NDLTD Union Catalog search portals are available at
<a href="http://www.ndltd.org/find">http://www.ndltd.org/find</a>. Here you can search for electronic theses and dissertations from around the world, including some contributors from respective Air Force schools, such as in the U.S. The 2 main search portals
which contain NDLTD Union Catalog holdings are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.ndltd.org/serviceproviders/scirus-etd-search"><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#0071B5">Scirus
ETD Search</span></strong></a><br>
A comprehensive scientific research tool from Elsevier, Scirus ETD Search provides an advanced search that can narrow results to theses and dissertations as well as provide access to related scholarly resources.<br>
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<span class="link-external"><a href="http://www.vtls.com/ndltd"><strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#0071B5">VTLS Visualizer</span></strong></a></span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">This is a dynamic search and discovery platform with sophisticated functionality. You can sort by relevance, title, and date. In the current implementation, faceted searches are available by language, continent, country, date,
format and source institution. Additional facets, such as subjects or departments, can be added if desired.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">Best wishes,</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">- John</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><br>
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John H. Hagen<br>
Manager, Institutional Repository Program / Coordinator, Electronic Thesis & Dissertation Program</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Board Member, NDLTD, USETDA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2009 NDLTD
<a href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/ndltd-etd-awards-2009-winners">
ETD Leadership Award</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Co-Chair, NDLTD ETD Awards & Conference Committees</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES<br>
Acquisitions Department<br>
Wise Library, Room 2510<br>
P.O. Box 6069 / 1549 University Ave.<br>
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069<br>
Phone: (304) 293-5267</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://thesis.wvu.edu/"><span style="color:purple">http://thesis.wvu.edu/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">Charles J. Greenberg <a href="mailto:charles.greenberg@yale.edu"><span style="color:blue">charles.greenberg@yale.edu</span></a><br>
Special Projects Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Tel: 203-737-2960 FAX: 203-785-4369<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yale University <br>
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