Usability study of the MnLINK Gateway

OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-34

  Roca, Joan ^a   Nord, Roland ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalogues; Information retrieval; Internet; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166464     PISSN: 1065075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650750110383587     Document Type: Article

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