Free-form searching via web sites: Content and moving observed in the context of personal development

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 769-784

  Kari, Jarkko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Content; Information searching; Observation; Personal development; Search tactics; Web sites

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INTERNET; WEBSITES;

CONTENT; INFORMATION SEARCHING; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEARCH TACTICS;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 27644568877     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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