Analysis of student web browsing behavior: Implications for designing and evaluating web sites

ACM SIGDOC Annual International Conference on Computer Documentation, Proceedings

Volumn Part F129236, Issue , 1998, Pages 265-270

  Thury, Eva M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICES; SEARCH ENGINES; WEB DESIGN; WEBSITES;

BROWSING BEHAVIOR; DATABASE SEARCHES; INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MODELS; INFORMATION SEEKING; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS; USER BEHAVIORS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 77949929365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/296336.296393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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