A literature review of academic library web page studies

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-64

  Blummer, Barbara A ^a  

^a Center for Computing Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Design characteristics; Library web pages; Literature review; Navigation; Review article; Usability issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009577054     PISSN: 19322909     EISSN: 19322917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J502v01n01_04     Document Type: Article

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