OPAC vs card catalogue: A comparative study of user behaviour

Electronic Library

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Sridhar, M S ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Catalogues; Online catalogues; User studies

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; USER INTERFACES;

ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUES; USER BEHAVIOR;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442587631     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470410533443     Document Type: Article

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