Annotation:
This guide is provided as a monthly current awareness service. Selected, recent dissertations and theses are listed according to topic and the month of their discovery in Dissertation Abstracts. Authorized Pitt users may follow links from citations to corresponding records in the Digital Dissertations database, where complete citations and abstracts may be viewed, and when available, the entire item may be downloaded for free. For those without subscription access to ProQuest database of Doctoral Dissertations, individual dissertations may be purchased directly from ProQuest, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 1-800-521-0600 x2513.