Researching dissertations is an important step for graduate students because they may cover little-known authors or esoteric topics. Full text, digital Marquette doctoral dissertations are found in MARQCAT, by the author's name or by a subject search using the academic department, English, and subheading "dissertations": English--dissertations   

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