Usability testing of a customizable library web Portal

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-163

  Brantley, Steve ^a   Armstrong, Annie ^a   Lewis, Krystal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33645797830     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.67.2.146     Document Type: Article

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2. Ibid.,
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