Information for the public about disease: Usability issues in the development of the National Electronic Library for Communicable Diseases

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-103

  Williams, Peter ^a   Madle, Gemma ^a   Weinberg, Julius ^a   Kostkova, Patty ^a   Mani Saada, Jane ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Health services; Information management; Internet

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ELECTRONIC LIBRARY; HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342559922     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530410529468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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