Five heuristics for designing and evaluating Web-based communities

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Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Gallant, Linda M ^a   Boone, Gloria M ^b   Heap, Austin ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 34047096768     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i3.1626     Document Type: Review

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