Other academics help please ;_;

[silversolitaire]

Okay I'm totally clueless... can anybody help me with how to lay my hands on someone else's dissertation? I've searched the MLA database today and found two very interesting papers I'd love to check out but I just can't spot them for the love of God... The only graspable reference I find is "Dissertation Abstracts International"... *meep*

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[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Das ist mir zu kompliziert auf Englisch...
Also, bei uns gibts die Dissertationen in der Institutsbibliothek, oder man muss halt den Autor ausfinding machen und fragen... aber es ist wahrscheinlich nicht in Deutschland, was? Ich kann gern suchen helfen wenn du willst, ich find ne Menge Dinge im Internet...

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Actually, it is ^^;.

Erm well the dissertations are American, does your database have those too? I can give you the names and titles if that helps?

[laurenia.livejournal.com]

Well, I can try...

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

LOL, nah... it's okay. I can see that American dissertations are kinda hard to get around here ;_;. Gotta nag the tutors a bit more I guess >_>;.

[krss.livejournal.com]

I guess you must've already looked online for them. I found one online. Otherwise I don't know, I'm afraid.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Well I used the MLA database at your library. In a way it IS online, but you have to subscribe to it.

[krss.livejournal.com]

What's MLA?

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Erm uh... arglebargle... It's a database... and it lists lots of articles and essays written on various subjects. And it's the number one reference you turn to when looking for stuff for your paper re: American literature. But I have no clue what it stands for ^^;.

[krss.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining.