The effect of link colour on information retrieval in educational intranet use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 553-564

  Van Schaik, Paul ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Higher education; Intranet; Schema; Usability; Web

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

LINK COLOUR;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0037671334     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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