Scenario evaluation of municipal Web sites: Development and use of an expert-focused evaluation tool

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-206

  de Jong, Menno ^a   Lentz, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33746211674     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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