Homepage not enough when evaluating web site accessibility

Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Hackett, Stephanie ^a   Parmanto, Bambang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; User studies; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449125173     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240910927830     Document Type: Article

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