Links to DIGITAL DISSERTATIONS now go to the new version (a look-alike of ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIERE) etc.
Fulltext access to post-1997 U of MN and other Big Ten dissertations is a lot faster and easier here -- just a matter of clicking a button. However, in following up a query I discovered that a number of U of MN dissertations (and U of Wisconsin-Madison dissertations, and presumably other Big Ten) are not showing up with full-text links. Mostly these are 2007 dissertations that probably haven't been processed yet, but not all. For the year 2002, for instance, only 523 of 559 total show fulltext link availablelity for U of MN, and only 641 of 656 total for U of Wisc-Madison.
I don't know what the problem is, but if we're relying on this for our archival backup we're in trouble. I sent a note to AskInfo and copied to Jim Stemper and will report back when I hear more. / Denny