Searching the world wide web: An evaluation of available tools and methodologies

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 14-15, 1998, Pages 985-994

  Jenkins, Charlotte ^a   Jackson, Mike ^a   Burden, Peter ^a   Wallis, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Retrieval; Search; Web

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING;

WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW);

WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0031998345     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0950-5849(97)00061-x     Document Type: Article

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