Document (#5089)

Author

McKnight, C.

Title

Hypertext and navigation : a problem or a solution?

Source

The effects of digitisation on library and information science. Conference organised by NORDINFO and the British Library, Edinburgh, Scotland, 17.-20.9.1992

Imprint

London : British Library

Year

1993

Pages

S.89-106

Series

BLRD report; 6098

Abstract

The paper consists of a series of charts and diagrams rather than a text. Considers the way in which users of printed information sources develop a mental map to assist them in navigation and transfers the psychological concepts underlying the development of such mental maps to the design of hypertext searching systems for computerized information retrieval

Theme

Hypertext
Information

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