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Definitive subject, title and author guide to virtually every American dissertation from 1861-1980. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. More than 600,000 are available in PDF formats for immediate free download. Citations to pre-1980 dissertations also included.
Searching the library catalogs for Cornell theses and dissertations within a specific department can be tricky, and department designations are not included in the Proquest Dissertations and Theses database. Thesis Tool allows you to choose from a list of academic disciplines at Cornell, and view or search within the matching items in the catalog. Thesis HM44 is the general classification for Sociology Dept. dissertations. Circulating copies are shelved in Uris Library level 3B.
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Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution by
Call Number: QL750.3 .B37x 2001ISBN: 0849320054Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ecology by
Call Number: QH540.4 .C66 2005ISBN: 0192800787Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)Encyclopedia of Biodiversity by
Call Number: QH541.15.B56 E53x 2001ISBN: 0122268652Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory by
Call Number: GN281 .E56x 2000ISBN: 0815316968Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)- Encyclopedia of Ecology & Environmental Management byCall Number: GE300 .E53x 1998ISBN: 0865428387Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
- Handbook of Ecological Parameters and Ecotoxicology byCall Number: QH545.A1 J82 1991ISBN: 0444886044Mann Library Reference (Non-Circulating)
Darwin's fishes : an encyclopedia of ichthyology, ecology, and evolution by
Call Number: QL614.7 .P38x 2004ISBN: 0521827779