Designing an information search interface for younger and older adults

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 614-628

  Pak, Richard ^a   Price, Margaux M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; KETONES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SEARCH ENGINES;

AGE-RELATED; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE AGING; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES; INFORMATION ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION SEARCHES; MANY-TO-ONE; OLDER ADULTS; RETRIEVAL PERFORMANCE; WEB SITE; WEB-BASED INFORMATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTELLIGENCE TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 52049119545     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X312314     Document Type: Article

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