Recent Dissertations

Does the Online Environment Promote Plagiarism? A Comparative Study of Dissertations from Brick-and-Mortar versus Online Institutions

In recent years, there has been a concern that the Internet has been contributing to a growth in student plagiarism. This paper reports on a study aimed at investigating if there were differences between plagiarism levels in doctoral dissertations submitted by students enrolled at traditional, brick-and-mortar institutions and those by students attending online counterparts. A sample of 368 dis...

Recent Doctoral Dissertations: "Maurice Leenhardt: Ethnologist and Missionary: A Study in Participation"

Recent Phd Dissertations in Cultural and Communication Studies

Jeffrey S . Kaplan The Research Connection Dissertations on Adolescent Literature : 2000 – 2005

No research column would be complete or responsive to the needs of young adult teachers, researchers and enthusi­ asts without a review of the wealth of recent dissertations involving the study of young adult literature. Thus, the theme of this column is to bring to readers of The ALAN Review an informative summary of significant masters and doctoral dissertations completed in the last five yea...

Structure and Characteristics of Postgraduate Dissertations of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (1989-1999)

Introduction. Dissertation is one of the important and valuable information resources especially in libraries. In fact, dissertation reflects the accepted university pattern for research presentation. Evaluation of dissertation subjects during a special period presents the university research strategy. This study was performed to determine the structure and charachteristics of postgraduate diss...