A review of research on human-computer interfaces for online information retrieval systems

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-116

  Ahmed, S M Zabed ^a   McKnight, Cliff ^b   Oppenheim, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information retrieval; Product design; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651146796     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910934623     Document Type: Article

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