Overcoming psychological obstacles to optimal online search performance

Electronic Library

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-153

  Quinn, Brian ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Online retrieval; Performance; Psychology; Search engines

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES;

PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSTACLES;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0038559521     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470310470516     Document Type: Review

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