Usability testing of a metasearch interface: A case study

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 292-311

  Wrubel, Laura ^a   Schmidt, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547879240     PISSN: 00100870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/crl.68.4.292     Document Type: Article

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