Evaluation of information-seeking performance in hypermedia digital libraries

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-284

  Salampasis, Michail ^a   Tait, John ^a   Bloor, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Hypermedia digital libraries; Relative distance relevance; Structural analysis of hypermedia

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING;

HYPERMEDIA DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032094925     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(98)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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