What can searching behavior tell us about the difficulty of information tasks? A study of web navigation

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gwizdka, Jacek ^a   Spence, Ian ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33847637083     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504301167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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