Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to Dissertations published from 1980 forward with 350- word abstracts written by the author and Master's theses published from 1988 forward with 150-word abstracts. Dalhousie users can download the fulltext of all Dalhousie (including DalTech) dissertations and theses dating back to 1996.