Web accessibility and the law: Recommendations for implementation

Library Hi Tech

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 406-419

  Yu, Holly ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabled people; Information technology; Internet; Law; Libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942717919     PISSN: 07378831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07378830210452613     Document Type: Article

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