Evaluation of tablet and laptop computers in field and laboratory settings

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1189-1196

  Benson, E R ^a   Krawczyk, C ^a   Figueiredo, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Field notes; Field setting; Landscape design; Tablet computer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845763763     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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