Evidence-based practice in search interface design

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 825-828

  Wildemuth, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PRACTICES; SEARCH INTERFACE DESIGN; SEARCHING BEHAVIORS; STRATEGY FORMULATION;

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SEARCHING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 33645747789     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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