AN online directory of all research theses and dissertations from Australian universities will soon be available to the world. After pushing for the improved database for more than 15 years, the patience of postgraduate students and their supervisors has been rewarded: the federal Government has announced $500,000 for the job. The new database will use the Australian Digital Theses Program, which is already in place but only has links to about 2600 theses in digital form. The new version will have records of up to 130,000 theses and dissertations - some will be in digital form and those that are not will be linked to an order form where the database user can order a copy of the research. Anyone with access to the internet will be able to use the database.
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