Usability and impact of digital libraries: A review

Online Information Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 656-680

  Chowdhury, Sudatta ^a   Landoni, Monica ^a   Gibb, Forbes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; User studies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ONLINE SEARCHING; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

CONTEXTS; HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; USABILITY ASSESS; USER STUDIES;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 33751399522     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520610716153     Document Type: Article

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