Searching the Web: The Public and Their Queries

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-234

  Spink, Amanda ^a   Wolfram, Dietmar ^b   Jansen, Major B J ^c   Saracevic, Tefko ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEB QUERIES; WEB SEARCHING;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0034818651     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4571(2000)9999:9999<::AID-ASI1591>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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