An empirical study into user problems with thesaurus and commercial search systems

19th Bled eConference "eValues" - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Davies, Anthony ^a   Kaler, Mandeep ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eEducation; eLearning; eSociety and Societal Impact; Search Engine; Search System; Thesaurus

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; INTERNET; SAFETY DEVICES; SEARCH ENGINES; THESAURI;

E-EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL LEVELS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINE-GOOGLE; SEARCH SYSTEM; SEARCHING TECHNIQUES; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; TECHNICAL DATABASE;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

EID: 84925881094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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