Approaches to user-based studies in information seeking and retrieval: A Sheffield perspective

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Beaulieu, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; USER INTERFACES;

LIBRARY SERVICES; LIBRARY USERS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0141751389     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01655515030294002     Document Type: Review

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