A field study characterizing Web-based information-seeking tasks

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 999-1018

  Kellar, Melanie ^a   Watters, Carolyn ^a   Shepherd, Michael ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEARCH ENGINES; WEB BROWSERS; WEB SERVICES;

BROWSER NAVIGATION; WEB USAGE;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 34249711311     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20590     Document Type: Article

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