Evaluating Web information and design

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 192-204

  McMurdo, George ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031707917     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555159802400306     Document Type: Article

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