Digital libraries: What do users want?

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-412

  Kani Zabihi, Elahe ^a   Ghinea, Gheorghita ^a   Chen, Sherry Y ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; User interfaces; User studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL LIBRARY DESIGN; DOMAIN EXPERTS; USER STUDIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 33748252054     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610686292     Document Type: Article

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