Usability of digital libraries: A study based on the areas of information science and human-computer-interaction

OCLC Systems and Services

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-323

  Ferreira, Sueli Mara ^a   Pithan, Denise Nunes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Design; Digital libraries; Modelling

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; INFORMATION SEARCH; INFORMATION SEARCH PROCESS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; USABILITY STUDIES; USER'S SATISFACTION;

DESIGN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MODELS; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 31044434927     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750510631695     Document Type: Article

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