Accessibility and findability of local e-government websites in the Czech Republic

Universal Access in the Information Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Kopackova, Hana ^a   Michalek, Karel ^a   Cejna, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Disabled users; Fulltext search engines; Local government websites; XHTML

Indexed keywords

CZECH REPUBLIC; E-GOVERNMENT; FULL-TEXT SEARCH ENGINES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TECHNICAL EQUIPMENTS; WEB PAGE;

GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 77950518818     PISSN: 16155289     EISSN: 16155297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10209-009-0159-y     Document Type: Article

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