Benefits UMI has designed their services to meet the growing demand for electronic access to scholarly publications. UMI has been recently acquired official recognition by the Library of Congress. Free access to the most current two years of the Dissertation Abstracts database. Database is updated monthly Search by both fixed-field and key word Order any dissertation listed in paper or electronic format through a link to Dissertation Express Library subscription to the entire citation database including access to the full text of new titles. Authors retain copyright and receive royalties from UMI when sales warrant.
Authors maintain control over the distribution of their dissertations.
Continuation of a stable publishing environment with known costs and procedures and one that supports the transition to digital publishing. A permanent microform archive and reliable data refreshing and migration to storage media as technology evolves. Further, UMI will provide 1. A Web-based bulletin board which will announce upcoming dissertation defenses. This service will provide WWW announcement of recent research to scholars with similar interests and an opportunity for those about to graduate to reach prospective employers.