Impact of individual differences on Web searching performance: Issues for design and the digital divide

Cognitively Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation and Transfer

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 261-282

  Morgan, Allison J ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880199703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-842-0.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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