Web searching by the "general public": An individual differences perspective

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 632-667

  Ford, Nigel ^a   Eaglestone, Barry ^a   Madden, Andrew ^a   Whittle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Individual behaviour; Information retrieval; Information searches; Internet; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349631363     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910970285     Document Type: Review

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