Developing usable Web sites - A review and model

Library Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 222-234

  Cunliffe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; User studies; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644572296     PISSN: 15271161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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