A choice of terminals: Spatial patterning in computer laboratories

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-96

  Spennemann, Dirk ^a   Cornforth, David ^a   Atkinson, John ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Computers; Space utilization; Students; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947263542     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740710742691     Document Type: Article

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