Usability evaluation of E-books

Displays

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Kang, Yen Yu ^a   Wang, Mao Jiun J ^b   Lin, Rungtai ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

E book; Eye fatigue; Reading performance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; E-BOOK; E-BOOKS; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; EYE FATIGUE; OBJECTIVE MEASURES; READING PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE MEASURES; USABILITY EVALUATIONS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

EID: 62149096488     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2008.12.002     Document Type: Review

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