Four Ways of Making Sense: Designing and Implementing Searchling, a Visual Thesaurus-Enhanced Interface for Multilingual Digital Libraries

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  • Paras Mehta
  • Matthew Bouchard
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Paras Mehta, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta Amy Stafford, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta Matthew Bouchard, Humanities Computing Program, University of Alberta Stan Ruecker, Humanities Computing Program, University of Alberta Karl Anvik, Humanities Computing Program, University of Alberta Ximena Rossello, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta Ali Shiri, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

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تاریخ انتشار 2009