Comparison of the different electronic versions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A usability study

Electronic Library

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 546-554

  Hamilton, B ^a  

^a Franklin Public Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Information searches; Online databases; Publishing

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIDEODISKS; WEBSITES;

ENCYCLOPAEDIA; ONLINE DATABASES;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 0347693482     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470310509108     Document Type: Article

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