Usability study of a mobile website: the Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, experience.
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SUBMITTER: Yeh ST
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3257478 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
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Usability study of a mobile website: the Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, experience.
Yeh Shea-Tinn ST Fontenelle Cathalina C
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 20120101 1
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