Usability testing, interface design, and portals

Portals and Libraries

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 155-171

  Ward, Jennifer L ^a   Hiller, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface design; Library portals; Library Web sites; Usability testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905617339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J111v43n01_10     Document Type: Chapter

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