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Published every other month, this print index provides 150-word, author-written abstracts of master's theses, educational specialist materials, and other projects accepted for degrees by accredited colleges and universities. More than 12,000 citations and abstracts are published each year.</p> <p align="left">MAI uses the same subject categories as Dissertation Abstracts International. ProQuest offers a 30-year cumulative author and subject index to MAI, covering 1962-1992.</p> <p align="left">Please note--materials are submitted to MAI on a voluntary basis, and MAI does not include reference to every <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> master's theses. MAI is the source of the master's degree information in the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database. Published every other month, MAI provides 150-word, author-written abstracts of master's theses, educational specialist materials, and other projects accepted for degrees by accredited colleges and universities. 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