Differences and similarities in information seeking: Children and adults as Web users

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 649-670

  Bilal, Dania ^a   Kirby, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; WEB BROWSERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEB USERS;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0036722224     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(01)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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