Efficacy of a map on search, orientation and access behaviour in a hypermedia system

Computers and Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-279

  Stanton, Neville ^a   Correia, Ana Paula ^b   Dias, Paulo ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hypermedia; Hypertext; Maps; Navigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244257934     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(00)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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