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New Technology of Library and Information Service  2009, Vol. Issue (9): 7-16    DOI: 10.11925/infotech.1003-3513.2009.09.02
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A Literature Review of Progress in Foreign Usability Research
Wang Jiandong
(Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871,China)
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 Based on a review of classical documents in the field of foreign usability research in the past few decades, this paper systematically analyzes the evolvement of the concept of usability, as well as the development of its evaluation system and evaluation method. Then it focuses on the usability of website, which is one of the most hot spot in this field of latest years, and reviews the development of research in this specific field.

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Received: 05 August 2009      Published: 25 September 2009
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Wang Jiandong. A Literature Review of Progress in Foreign Usability Research. New Technology of Library and Information Service, 2009, (9): 7-16.

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