Viewing personal history records: A comparison of tabular format and graphical presentation using lifelines

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 249-262

  Alonso, Diane Lindwarm ^a   Rose, Anne ^a   Plaisant, Catherine ^a   Norman, Kent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HISTORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

TABULAR FORMAT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032164999     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492998119328     Document Type: Article

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