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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
The ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global (PQDT)™ database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of doctoral dissertations and Master's theses from around the world, providing over 5 million bibliographic citations and 2.7 million full-text works from thousands of universities. PQDT's global coverage includes material from 4,100 universities in 100 countries worldwide, in over 60 languages.
The IIRP Graduate School Library provides access to the PQDT Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, which contains bibliographic records -- and, in most cases, PDF full text -- of dissertations and theses from the 17th century to the present day, in these fields:
- Social sciences
- Education
- Law and legal studies
- Area, ethnic and gender studies
- History
- Philosophy and religion
- Literature and language
- Communication and information sciences
- Business
- Fine and performing arts
The official online repository of dissertations and theses for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT is updated weekly with new content; about 200,000 new items are added annually. It is a vital resource for for both students and established researchers to identify both archival and breakthrough university-level work, including:
- Emerging scholars in restorative practices and related fields
- Historic, and current trends and topics in research
- Most prolific institutions producing restorative practices-related academic work
PQDT e-learning modules
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