Putting awareness into practice: Practical steps for conducting usability tests

Library Review

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-194

  Craven, Jenny ^a   Booth, Helen ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Disabled people; Internet; User studies; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745870150     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530610655984     Document Type: Article

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