Users browsing behaviour in a DDC-based web service: A log analysis

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 163-186

  Koch, Traugott ^a,b   Golub, Koraljka ^b   Ardö, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Browsing behaviour; DDC; Dewey decimal classification; Log analysis; Subject gateways; User interfaces; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751529782     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v42n03_07     Document Type: Article

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