Technical communicators and online help: The developers' and users' perspectives

Technical Communication

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 360-365

  Fisher, Julie ^a  

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EID: 22644452745     PISSN: 00493155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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