A usability analysis of municipal government website home pages in Alabama

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 582-588

  Youngblood, Norman E ^a   MacKiewicz, Jo ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; E government; Municipal websites; Usability; Web credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866303628     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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