How can IR Help mechanisms be more helpful to users?

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 41, Issue , 2004, Pages 249-255

  Cool, Colleen ^a   Xie, Hong ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 34247351589     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.1450410129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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