Annotations on 2,948 bibliographies of dissertations, theses, and research completed and in progress for graduate degrees are presented. The bibliographies, produced through 1983 and most of 1984, are specialized and usually subject-oriented and cover current and retrospective research in the United States and throughout the world. The annotations include the following elements: level of work, number of items, years of the study, college(s) or place where the study was conducted, the subject coverage with representative topics, the bibliographic arrangement, and indexes. The bibliographies are presented within the following categories: universal, national (i.e., 42 countries), areas studies, special/racial groups, applied sciences, communications and mass media, education, fine arts, history, home economics, language and literature, law, library and information services, medical sciences, philosophy, psychology, science, social sciences, and theology and religion. An institution index covers works completed within a single university. An index of compilers and contributors and journal titles is also included, along with a subject index including and supplementing subject headings that appear in the body of the work. (SW)