CUNY Academic Works is an open, online digital repository managed by CUNY's Office of Library Services; it is indexed by Google Scholar, so citation information (title, author, abstract) will appear in Google search results. Depending on your embargo selection, the full text of your dissertation, thesis, or capstone project may be available for public download. Graduating students have the option to delay public release of the full text by selecting an embargo (see details on our embargoes page). Doctoral dissertations also appear in ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses Global database, which is only available through institutions with an active subscription; full-text access is determined by embargo options selected during the submission process.