Implications of user characteristics in information seeking on the world wide web

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-340

  Kim, Kyung Sun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NAVIGATION; SEARCH ENGINES; STUDENTS; WEB CRAWLER; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COGNITIVE STYLES; FIELD INDEPENDENTS; INFORMATION SEEKING; NAVIGATIONAL PATTERNS; SEARCH PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; USER CHARACTERISTICS; WORLD WIDE WEBS (WWW);

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 0041429739     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327590IJHC1303_3     Document Type: Article

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