Patricia M' Shields, PhD MPA Program Director Texas State University

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How Texas State Uses the Internet to Generate
140,000 Student Paper Downloads

• Patricia M. Shields, PhDMPA Program
  DirectorTexas State University
• ps07_at_txstate.edu
• http//uweb.txstate.edu/ps07/

Presented at the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration Annual
Conference Crystal City, VA October 14-17, 2009
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Institutional Repository

• Institutional Repository is an online locus for
  collecting, preserving, and disseminating in
  digital form the Intellectual output of an
  institution.
• Digital Commons is a hosted repository platform
  by the Berkley Electronic Press(80 US
  universities).
• http//ecommons.txstate.edu/arp/

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Texas StateApplied Research Projects

• Total Number papers 303 (1978 2009)
• Total Downloads 144,718 (2006 2009)
• Total International Downloads 18,760

Dustin McLemore
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Downloads at Selected Institutions
Total Papers 4355 Total Downloads 44,719
Totals as of October 11, 2009
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Texas State Annual Downloads
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Sample of Downloads Outside USA
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Note There were over 1000 search engines many
Google from other countries
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Benefits of Internet Exposure

• More competitive for jobs (link on Resume)
• Promotions can show what they know
• Ph.D. Applications
• Opportunities Consulting/Grant Reviewer NSF
• Market Program
• Used by Practitioner Community
• Program Transparency
• Alumni Relations

Brian ONeil w/father grandfather
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• What explains the Downloads?
• Search Engine Factors bibliography citations
  (first page Google) Wikipedia
• Nature of the Research Topic Level of
  Government Methodology

Erin Tresner
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Bibliography Google Scholar
Holzer, Mark and Kaifeng Yang. 2004. Performance
measurement and improvement an assessment of the
state of the art. International Review of
Administrative Sciences 70(1)15-31.
http//www.google.com/
Copy and Paste into Google Holzer, Mark and
Kaifeng Yang. 2004. Performance measurement and
improvement
ARP The Challenge of Accountability in the Human
Services Performance Management in the Adult
Protective Services Program in Texas (2007)
Stephen Este
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WIKIPEDIA
Applying the Andragogical Model of Adult
Learning Case Study TX Comptrollers Fiscal
Management Division Michael Roberts
http//www.google.com/
Andragogical Provincial Reconstruction Teams
Moses Ruiz
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Preliminary Regression Explaining the number Of
Downloads
Justin Marlin
Forthcoming Lewis Stewart
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New Developments
Lamar Colins
Assessing Middle School Sex Education Programs
(2008)
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For Information on the Applied Research Project
Process at Texas State see the following links.
Shields, Patricia and Hassan Tajalli. 2006.
Intermediate Theory The missing link in
successful student scholarship. Journal of Public
Affairs Education. Vol. 12 No. 3
313-334 Shields, Patricia and Hassan Tajalli.
2005. Theory The missing link in Successful
student scholarship. Presented at the Annual
NASPAA Conference Washington DC similar to JPAE
article but 10 pages more better Shields,
Patricia. 2006. Using Pragmatism to Bridge the
Gap Between Academe and Practice. Presented at
the ASPA Conference. Denver, CO. Shields,
Patricia. 1998. Pragmatism as Philosophy of
Science A tool for Public Administration.
Research in Public Administration, Vol.4
195-225. Shields, Patricia. 2004. Enhancing the
Quality of student papers. Presented at the
Annual NASPAA Conference. Indianapolis,
IN. Shields, Patricia. 2003. A pragmatic
teaching philosophy. Journal of Public Affairs
Education. Vol. 9, No. 1 7-12.