An exploratory study of the accessibility of state government Web sites

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Goette, Tanya ^a   Collier, Caroline ^a   White, Jennifer Daniels ^a  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

State Web sites; Web site accessibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745876214     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-006-0023-2     Document Type: Review

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