How do I find out who published this dissertation?

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@lillycoyote Who published it, then?

No – the answer is #4; they are the publisher of all dissertations in the USA. I just looked at a display of faculty dissertations that we have up and they all list UMI as the publisher.

@janbb o.k. but is that information, UMI as publisher put in the citation or bibliography? I’ve been out of school a pretty long time. This some information on how to cite doctoral dissertations I did all my citing back in the old days, before things were available online. Is that information correct?

In addition to the author’s name and the diss title, I would just write “PhD dissertation” and put the year it was written and the school where it was done.

@lillycoyote For the bibliography as mynewt requested. Your information seems pretty sound but they do silly tweaking sometimes. You would have to check the current manual for the style you are required to use for the format. I’m back at home now so I don’t have the style manuals with me but as usual, boobs, you know how to find me. :-)

@janbb Just write a check and it’ll find you? Yup ;)

Look at 2,
then UMI

Which style guide are you using? ASA, MLA, APA, etc?

@answerjill Chicago.

Chicago Manual of Style Online

”Item in a commercial database

For items retrieved from a commercial database, add the name of the database and an accession number following the facts of publication. In this example, the dissertation cited above is shown as it would be cited if it were retrieved from ProQuest’s database for dissertations and theses.

Choi, Mihwa. “Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty.” PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2008. ProQuest (AAT 3300426).”

Thus, maybe?:

Moore, Carole Elizabeth. “Queen Emma and the Role of Women in Anglo-Saxon Society”. PhD diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1973. ProQuest (AAT 7511496.)