Summon: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Databases Update

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Summon completed some changes that help improve the user-experience when viewing ProQuest Dissertations & Theses results within Summon. Some of these changes involved the creation of new Dissertations & Theses-related databases in our knowledgebase. Inclusion of the full title list for ProQuest Dissertations & Theses in the 360 knowledgebase is still in-progress.

What has been changed?

Previously there had been an issue where all ProQuest Dissertations & Theses results were displaying as citation only even if an institution had a full-text subscription to the content.

With the recent changes made, the full-text indicator should now display for institutions who have a full-text or partial full-text subscription to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, and who have the appropriate databases selected within their Client Center profile.

Selecting the Appropriate Databases in the Client Center

Use the below tables to find the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses databases that are appropriate for your institution and its subscription, and then select those databases in the Client Center. If you are unsure of which databases you need to select, please contact Support via the Support Portal (found in More Sites in the upper right hand corner of the page) for further assistance.

For instructions on how to subscribe to databases in the Client Center, please refer to the following article:

360 Core: Adding Databases in the Client Center

NOTE: While anyone is able to select any of the databases listed below in their Client Center profile, unless you have an existing ProQuest Dissertations & Theses subscription, you will only be able to view the citation and not the full-text content on ProQuest s platform.

Common Subscription Scenarios

To help guide you in determining what specific databases to select in Client Center for ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, we ve laid out the most common scenarios that apply to most institutions when choosing databases.

Full Text North American Subscription:

If you have a subscription to the full-text, North American (US & Canada) version of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, then please select the following database(s) in your Client Center profile:

Database Code	Database Name
C16	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text

Full Text Global Subscription:

If you have a subscription to the full-text, global version of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, then please select the following database(s) in your Client Center profile:

Database Code	Database Name
G20	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Institution-Specific Subscription:

If you have a subscription to an institution-specific version of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, then please select the institution-specific database, as well as the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I database only.

Example:

University of Idaho would select the following databases in the Client Center:

Database Code	Database Name
EU9	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I
0N3	Dissertations & Theses @ University of Idaho

NOTE: It is important in this scenario to only select your institution-specific database and the A&I database. Please do not also select the full-text database, as it may result in an inaccurate availability status for certain records in your subscription.

A&I Subscription:

If you have a subscription to the A&I version of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, then please select the following database(s) in your Client Center profile:

Database Code	Database Name
EU9	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I

NOTE: It is important in this scenario to only select the Dissertations & Theses A&I database if that is what you are subscribed to. Please do not also select the full-text database, as it may result in an inaccurate availability status for certain records in your subscription.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Databases

The below tables list all of the currently active ProQuest Dissertations & Theses databases in our knowledgebase. These are broken out based on specific type of database.

A&I Databases:

Database Code	Database Name
EU9	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I
P6D	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
M8-	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I: The Sciences and Engineering Collection
GI4	Dissertations and Theses: UK & Ireland *Note: it will be renamed to ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: UK & Ireland in Sept 2014

Full Text Databases:

Database Code	Database Name
C16	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text
0U.	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Europe
G20	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
H8H	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Agriculture
H8I	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Historical German Collection
G84	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Open
H8K	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Latin America
H8L	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Mathematics
H8M	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Medicine and Surgery
H8O	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Pennsylvania
H8P	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Religion
H8Q	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Southeast Asia
H8R	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
H8S	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: The Sciences and Engineering Collection

Institution-Specific Databases:

Please see the attached spreadsheet for a complete list of all active institution-specific databases available in the knowledgebase. This list is comprised of institutions that are contributing content to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses databases.

If your institution's database is not listed and it is contributing content to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, please contact Support via the Support Portal for assistance.

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Date Created: 24-Jun-2014
Last Edited Date: 18-May-2017
Old Article Number: 10960