The usability of digital documents -- A barrier to digital scholarship.
Documents of all forms have always been at the centre of research in the humanities and arts. As more literature becomes available electronically, the impact of the digital medium on reading and research also grows. This article provides a review of key research on the limitations of digital reading...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Humanities & Arts Computing: A Journal of Digital Humanities Vol. 4; no. 1/2; pp. 125 - 140 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Mar2010
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