Bibliographic displays in web catalogs: Does conformity to design guidelines correlate with user performance?

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 154-162

  Cherry, Joan M ^a   Muter, Paul ^a   Szigeti, Steve J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33749623121     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v25i3.3347     Document Type: Article

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