Contextualization of web searching: A grounded theory approach

Electronic Library

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-214

  Mansourian, Yazdan ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Information literacy; Information searches; Qualitative research; Search engines; User interfaces; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449083121     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470810864091     Document Type: Article

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