Determinants of online information search: A critical review and assessment

Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Kulviwat, Songpol ^a   Guo, Chiquan ^b   Engchanil, Napatsawan ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Information retrieval; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042775778     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240410542670     Document Type: Article

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