The effects of display size and text splitting on reading lengthy text from screen

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 215-227

  Dillon, Andrew ^a   Richardson, John ^a   McKnight, Cliff ^a  

^a HUSAT Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037983525     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449299008924238     Document Type: Article

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