An investigation of user attitudes toward search engines as an information retrieval tool

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 751-765

  Liaw, Shu Sheng ^a   Huang, Hsiu Mei ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Individual attitude; Internet; Motivation; Search engine; TAM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES;

USER ATTITUDES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0141621241     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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