Document (#1083)

Author

Foster, A.
Ford, N.

Title

Serendipity and information seeking : an empirical study

Source

Journal of documentation. 59(2003) no.3, S.321-340

Year

2003

Theme

Retrievalstudien
Suchtaktik

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