Usability testing of a large, multidisciplinary library database: Basic search and visual search

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 140-150

  Fagan, Jody Condit ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749633940     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v25i3.3345     Document Type: Article

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