A Review of Web Searching Studies and a Framework for Future Research

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-246

  Jansen, Bernard J ^a   Pooch, Udo ^b  

^a Univ of Maryland ^*  (South Korea)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS SYSTEMS; WEB SEARCHING;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0034831269     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4571(2000)9999:9999<::AID-ASI1607>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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