Website accessibility: A survey of local e-government websites and legislation in Northern Ireland

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 292-299

  Paris, Maeve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local e government; Northern Ireland; Web accessibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645757759     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-003-0081-7     Document Type: Article

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