Metalib and Google Scholar: A user study

Online Information Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-375

  Haya, Glenn ^a   Nygren, Else ^b   Widmark, Wilhelm ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Research methods; Search engines; Students; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

GOOGLE SCHOLAR; SEARCH TOOLS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 34250640193     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520710764122     Document Type: Article

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