Longitudinal study of database-assisted problem solving

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 445-459

  Wildemuth, Barbara M ^a   Friedman, Charles P ^b   Keyes, John ^a   Downs, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MEDICAL COMPUTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

FACTUAL DATABASES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033899606     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(99)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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