Tracking Changes in Political Science Dissertations at Penn State: 1953-2010

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 155-175

  Knapp, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citation analysis; dissertations; interdisciplinary; political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883624509     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2013.817881     Document Type: Article

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