Is Google the answer? A study into usability of search engines

Library Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-233

  Dudek, Debra ^a   Mastora, Anna ^a   Landoni, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Search engines; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247095134     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530710736000     Document Type: Article

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