Information searching preferences and practices of computer science researchers

Proceedings - 6th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 294-299

  Cunningham, S J ^a   Connaway, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; INDEXING SCHEME; INFORMATION FORAGING; INFORMATION GATHERING; INFORMATION SEARCHING; RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 33847723452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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