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Dissertation Abstracts indexes and abstracts dissertations from North American and European universities dating back to 1861.  Masters theses have been included since 1988. The UMass Boston subscription does not include full text access to the dissertations. about Dissertation Abstracts Online

This evaluation version of the Medici Archives Project's (MAP's) Documentary Sources database currently describes approximately 200 volumes of documents in the Medici Granducal Archive (Archivio Mediceo del Principato), with document records for approximately 10,000 letters and biographical records for approximately 11,000 people during the period 1537 - 1743. about Documentary Sources for the Arts and Humanities in the Medici Granducal Archive: 1537-1743