Searching the web: The public and their queries
β Scribed by Amanda Spink; Dietmar Wolfram; Major B. J. Jansen; Tefko Saracevic
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-2882
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