Internet search engines: Understanding their design to improve information retrieval

Journal of Internet Cataloging

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 47-60

  Munson, Kurt I ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indexing; Internet; Robots; Search engines; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450100992     PISSN: 10911367     EISSN: 15287017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J141v02n03_04     Document Type: Note

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