The choice of initial web search strategies: A comparison between Finnish and American searchers

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 465-491

  Iivonen, Mirja ^a   Domas White, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

National cultures; Search consultants; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533926     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007091     Document Type: Article

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