An evaluative methodology for virtual communities using web analytics

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 179-184

  Phippen, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; User studies; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099023     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740410567518     Document Type: Article

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