Approaching usability: A study of an academic health sciences library web site

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-53

  Ascher, Marie T ^a   Lougee Heimer, Haldor ^a   Cunningham, Diana J ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic health sciences libraries; Evaluation; Internet; Usability method; Usability testing; Web site design; Web sites; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LIBRARY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; INTERNET; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; NEW YORK; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34249035144     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v26n02_04     Document Type: Article

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