The impact of information architecture on academic web site usability

Electronic Library

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 293-304

  Gullikson, Shelley ^a   Blades, Ruth ^a   Bragdon, Marc ^a   McKibbon, Shelley ^a   Sparling, Marnie ^a   Toms, Elaine G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WEBSITES;

ACADEMIC WEBSITE; INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MENUS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 0002356048     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640479910330714     Document Type: Article

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