Open Access Journals in Communication Studies: Indexing in Five Commercial Databases

Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-14

  Poulin, Sonia ^a   Tomaszewski, Robert ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b South Thames College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication studies; databases; indexing; journals; open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894301633     PISSN: 01639269     EISSN: 15444546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2014.866019     Document Type: Article

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