[ILL-L] Lending Dissertation abstracts

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Yes, most undergrad students (not all) find the abstract enough, it seems, or find the dissertation beyond their needs - we tell them that if they need the full dissertation, to let us know. But the library that was requesting Diss. Abstracts realized that they had access to it themselves, so it wasn't a problem, thanks, Ed.

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From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Joe Ellison
Sent: Mon 9/17/2007 6:22 PM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: Re: [ILL-L] Lending Dissertation abstracts



At 11:24 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote:
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>We received several requests for abstracts from Dissertation
>abstracts international. We have access via Dialog, does anyone know
>if Dialog allows it to be loaned ILL? Thanks,
>
>Edward Helmrich
>ILL Office
>Ryan Library
>Iona College
>914-633-2352
>docdelivery at iona.edu
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It would probably depend on the licensing agreement you have with
Dialog. You'll have to ask whoever is responsible for tracking that
information at your library. But--are you sure the requests are truly
for the abstracts & not intended to be for the dissertations
themselves, with the citations merely drawn from Diss Abstracts? The
abstracts for most US dissertations are very short (one or two
pages), unlike those of many European dissertations (often 25 pages
or more), and therefore not particularly useful for research purposes.


Joe Ellison
Document Delivery Assistant, Transportation Library (OCLC symbol JCR)
Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL  60208-2300
phone: (847)491-8600, fax: (847)491-8601
j-ellison at northwestern.edu
ARIEL: 129.105.19.35 or staff019035.library.northwestern.edu
Visit the Transportation Library:
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