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* 　　国际博硕论文数字图书馆(Networked Digital Library ofTheses and Dissertations,简称NDLTD),该项目是在ETD(Electronic Theses and Dissertations,简称ETD)基础上发展起来的全球学位论文共建、共享的开放联盟。于1996年9月1日起,由美国教育部委托弗吉尼亚科技大学(VirginirTech)用3年时间去改善国家数字图书馆当中博硕毕业论文项目,并且该项目得到了美国国家自然科学基金支持。NDLTD的目的是创建一个支持全球范围内电子论文的创作、标引、储存、传播及检索的数字图书馆,任何人都可以通过网络免费检索浏览NDLTD中收录的学位论文,以此 来促进研究生教育的发展。 * What is the OhioLINK ETD Center? The ETD Center is a free, online database of Ohio’s masters and doctoral theses and dissertations from participating OhioLINK member schools. It contains the abstract for all included theses and dissertations. The full-text is also available if it was submitted. Why was the OhioLINK ETD Center created? Retrieving a copy of a dissertation takes time and there is often a retrieval fee. The ETD Center eliminates the delay between searching and retrieving, giving researchers immediate access to the most current research occurring on Ohio’s campuses. The ETD Center also provides more flexible publishing options. In addition to the standard PDF document format for text and diagrams, students can include music, video, and image files, increasing the strength and quality of many published theses and dissertations. Plus, electronic archiving in the statewide site eliminates the need for multiple physical storage facilities on each campus. When was the ETD Center created? In 1999, the Ohio graduate deans’ group, the Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study (RACGS), asked OhioLINK to create a single, commonly shared ETD site to represent the work of Ohio’s scholars. The ETD Center launched in 2001, as a joint project of OhioLINK and the Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Study. Who can use the ETD Center? The ETD Center is freely accessible worldwide to anyone interested in searching, viewing, and downloading the theses and dissertations published in Ohio. Using a standard Web browser, users can search the database using basic keyword searching. Authors, university affiliation, and abstracts are all index